Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Full reference: M. E. Páramo. 1994. Posicion sistematica de un reptil marino con base en los restos fosiles encontrados en capas del Cretacico superior en Yaguara (Huila). Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 19(72):63-80
Parent taxon: Plioplatecarpinae according to H. E. Rivera-Sylva et al. 2024
See also Bell and Polcyn 2005, Driscoll et al. 2019, Makádi et al. 2012, Palci et al. 2013, Páramo 1994, Páramo-Fonseca 2000 and Polcyn and Bell 2005
Sister taxa: Angolasaurus, Ectenosaurus, Platecarpus ptychodon, Platecarpus somenensis, Plioplatecarpini, Sarabosaurus, Selmasaurini
Subtaxa: Yaguarasaurus columbianus Yaguarasaurus regiomontanus
Type: Yaguarasaurus columbianus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Colombia (5 collections), Mexico (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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