Tylosaurus

Tylosaurus; Temporal range: Turonian-Maastrichtian,; ~
	Mounted reconstruction of the T. proriger "Bunker" specimen (KUVP 5033)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Clade:	†Mosasauria
Superfamily:	†Mosasauroidea
Family:	†Mosasauridae
Clade:	†Russellosaurina
Subfamily:	†Tylosaurinae
Genus:	†Tylosaurus; Marsh, 1872
Type species
	†Tylosaurus proriger; Cope, 1869
Other species
	†T. nepaeolicus Cope, 1874; †T. bernardi (Dollo, 1885); †T. gaudryi Thevenin, 1896; †T. ivoensis Persson, 1963; †T. iembeensis Antunes, 1964; †T. pembinensis Nicholls, 1988; †T. saskatchewanensis Jiménez-Huidobro et al., 2018; Disputed or unpublished † T. kansasensis Everhart, 2005; † T. borealis Garvey, 2020; ;
Synonyms
	List of synonyms Synonyms of genus Elliptonodon Emmons, 1858; Liodon Cope, 1869; Rhamphosaurus Cope, 1872; Rhinosaurus Marsh, 1872; Hainosaurus Dollo, 1885; ; Synonyms of T. proriger Macrosaurus proriger Cope, 1869; Macrosaurus pririger Cope, 1869; Liodon proriger Cope, 1869; Rhinosaurus proriger Marsh, 1872; Rhinosaurus micromus Cope, 1872; Tylosaurus dyspelor Leidy, 1873; Tylosaurus micromus Merriam, 1894; ; Synonyms of T. nepaeolicus Tylosaurus kansasensis Everhart, 2005; ; Synonyms of T. bernardi Hainosaurus bernardi Dollo, 1885; Leiodon anceps Deperet & Russo, 1925; ; Synonyms of T. gaudryi Mosasaurus gaudryi Thevenin, 1896; Hainosaurus bernardi Bardet, 1990; ; Synonyms of T. ivoensis Ichthyosaurus Nilsson, 1836; Mosasaurus hofmanni Nilsson, 1857; Mosasaurus camperi Schröder, 1885; Leiodon lundgreni Schröder, 1885; Mosasaurus giganteus Kuhn, 1939; Mosasaurus hoffmanni ivoensis Persson, 1963; Mosasaurus ivoensis Russell, 1967; Mosasaurus lemonnieri Lingham-Soliar, 1991; Hainosaurus ivoensis Lindgren, 1998; ; Synonyms of T. iembeensis Mosasaurus iembeensis Antunes, 1964; ; Synonyms of T. pembinensis Hainosaurus pembinensis Nicholls, 1988; ; ;

Tylosaurus (from the ancient Greek τύλος (tylos) 'protuberance, knob' + Greek σαῦρος (sauros) 'lizard') is a genus of mosasaur, a large, predatory marine reptile closely related to modern monitor lizards and to snakes, from the Late Cretaceous.

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Tylosaurus Temporal range: Turonian-Maastrichtian, ~

Mounted reconstruction of the T. proriger "Bunker" specimen (KUVP 5033)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Clade:	†Mosasauria
Superfamily:	†Mosasauroidea
Family:	†Mosasauridae
Clade:	†Russellosaurina
Subfamily:	†Tylosaurinae
Genus:	†Tylosaurus Marsh, 1872
Type species
†Tylosaurus proriger Cope, 1869
Other species
†T. nepaeolicus Cope, 1874 †T. bernardi (Dollo, 1885) †T. gaudryi Thevenin, 1896 †T. ivoensis Persson, 1963 †T. iembeensis Antunes, 1964 †T. pembinensis Nicholls, 1988 †T. saskatchewanensis Jiménez-Huidobro et al., 2018 Disputed or unpublished † T. kansasensis Everhart, 2005 † T. borealis Garvey, 2020
Synonyms
List of synonyms Synonyms of genus Elliptonodon Emmons, 1858 Liodon Cope, 1869 Rhamphosaurus Cope, 1872 Rhinosaurus Marsh, 1872 Hainosaurus Dollo, 1885 Synonyms of T. proriger Macrosaurus proriger Cope, 1869 Macrosaurus pririger Cope, 1869 Liodon proriger Cope, 1869 Rhinosaurus proriger Marsh, 1872 Rhinosaurus micromus Cope, 1872 Tylosaurus dyspelor Leidy, 1873 Tylosaurus micromus Merriam, 1894 Synonyms of T. nepaeolicus Tylosaurus kansasensis Everhart, 2005 Synonyms of T. bernardi Hainosaurus bernardi Dollo, 1885 Leiodon anceps Deperet & Russo, 1925 Synonyms of T. gaudryi Mosasaurus gaudryi Thevenin, 1896 Hainosaurus bernardi Bardet, 1990 Synonyms of T. ivoensis Ichthyosaurus Nilsson, 1836 Mosasaurus hofmanni Nilsson, 1857 Mosasaurus camperi Schröder, 1885 Leiodon lundgreni Schröder, 1885 Mosasaurus giganteus Kuhn, 1939 Mosasaurus hoffmanni ivoensis Persson, 1963 Mosasaurus ivoensis Russell, 1967 Mosasaurus lemonnieri Lingham-Soliar, 1991 Hainosaurus ivoensis Lindgren, 1998 Synonyms of T. iembeensis Mosasaurus iembeensis Antunes, 1964 Synonyms of T. pembinensis Hainosaurus pembinensis Nicholls, 1988