Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Alternative combinations: Haasia gittelmani, Haasiasaurus gittlemani
Full reference: M. J. Polcyn, E. Tchernov, and L.L. Jacobs. 1999. The Cretaceous biogeography of the Eastern Mediterranean with a description of a new basal mosasauroid from 'Ein Yabrud, Israel. in Y. Tomida, T.H. Rich and P. Vickers-Rich, eds., Proceedings of the Second Gondwanan Dinosaur Symposium. National Science Museum Monographs, Tokyo, Japan. (15)259-290
Belongs to Haasiasaurus according to M. W. Caldwell and A. Palci 2007
See also Polcyn et al. 1999 and Polcyn et al. 2003
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: EJ693, a partial skull. Its type locality is 'Ein Yabrud quarries, which is in a Cenomanian carbonate limestone in the Bet Meir or Amminadav Formation of Palestinian Territory.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at 'Ein Yabrud quarries
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