Well attestedNamed through a historical place-name
pannoniasaur
noun · first attested 2012
The first mosasaur ever found in river sediment carries the name of a Roman province.
Any mosasauroid of the genus Pannoniasaurus, known from Late Cretaceous freshwater beds in Hungary.
Pannonia·Roman Empire
44.9000°N 19.0200°E · Q170062
Record
- Relationship
- Named through a historical place-name
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 2012
- Part of speech
- noun
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pannoniasaur
Pannoniasaurus inexpectatus was described in 2012 from bones in the Csehbánya Formation of western Hungary, inside the territory of the Roman province of Pannonia. Its species name means unexpected, because mosasaurs were sea reptiles and this one lived in fresh water. It reached about six meters in length.