Capelliniosuchus

Capelliniosuchus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Specimen in Museo Capellini di Bologna
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Clade:	† Mosasauria
Family:	† Mosasauridae
Subfamily:	† Mosasaurinae
Genus:	† Capelliniosuchus
Species
C. mutinensis

Capelliniosuchus is an extinct genus of mosasaur. It was discovered in Italy, and described by Simonelli, ^[1] originally believing it to be a metriorhynchid crocodyliform similar to Dakosaurus . However, after re-examining the type specimen, Sirotti concluded that it was a junior synonym of Mosasaurus hoffmannii. ^[2] A 2014 paper found the genus to be distinct from M. hoffmannii. ^[3]

Capellineosuchus is a misspelling by Romer. ^[4]

References

1. Simonelli V. 1896. Intoro agli avanzi di coccodrilliano scoperti a San Valentino (provincial di Reggio Emilia) nel 1886. Atli della Reale Accademia dei Lincei, series Qunita Rendiconti5 (2): 11-18.
2. Sirotti A. 1989. Mosasaurus hoffmanni Mantell, 1828 (Reptilia) nelle <<argille scagliose>> di S. Valentino (Reggio E.). Atti della società dei naturalisti e matematici di Modena120: 135-146.
3. Fanti F., Cau A., Negri A. 2014. A giant mosasaur (Reptilia, Squamata) with an unusually twisted dentition from the Argille Scagliose Complex (late Campanian) of northern Italy. Cretaceous Research 49:91–104. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2014.01.003.
4. Romer AS. 1966. Vertebrate Paleontology, third edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 468pp.