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Species list

  • H. bernardi (Dollo, 1885) type species
  • H. gaudryi (Thevennin 1896)
  • H. pembinensis (Nicholls, 1988)
  • H. ivoensis ( )
  • Name : Hainosaurus Species : bernardi
    Pronounced : EN-o-SAWR-uhs Pronounced : ber-NAR-die
    Meaning : "Haine lizard"
    for the Haine river
    Meaning : "Bernard "
    for Leopold Bernard
    Length :
    up to 12 - 15 meters (40 - 50 feet')
    Skull Length :
    up to 1.5 meters ( 5+ feet )
    Weight :
    19-20 tons
    Diet : carnivor Period : Cretaceous
    Superorder :
    Order :
    Squamata
    Suborder :
    Infraorder :
    Platynota
    Superfamily :
    Family :
    Mosasauridae
    Described by:
    Louis Dollo
    When described:
    1885
    Fossils found in : Maastrichtian of Belgium and France
    Charactistics and things of interest:
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