Yaguarasaurus was a mosasaur, a type of marine reptile related to lizards and snakes. It was not a dinosaur. Yaguarasaurus lived during the Late Cretaceous, with fossils found in South America and North America.
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Yaguarasaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- H. E. Rivera-Sylva, N. R. Longrich, and J. M. Padilla-Gutierrez, J. R. Guzmán-Gutiérrez, V. M. Escalante-Hernández, J. G. González- Ávila. 2024. A new species of Yaguarasaurus (Mosasauridae: Plioplatecarpinae) from the Agua Nueva Formation (Upper Turonian – ?Lower Coniacian) of Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 133(104694)
- M. E. Páramo-Fonseca. 2000. Yaguarasaurus columbianus (Reptilia, Mosasauridae), a primitive mosasaur from the Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) of Colombia. Historical Biology 14(1-2):121-131
- M. E. Páramo-Fonseca. 2011. Mosasauroids from Colombia. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 182(2):103-109
