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Genus
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Garamaudo

Bardet et al., 2026

Garamaudo is an extinct genus of tethysaurine mosasaur known from Late Cretaceous rocks of France. The genus contains a single species, Garamaudo bauciensis, known from the fragmentary remains of at least four individuals. It inhabited a freshwater environment and likely lacked the paddle-like flippers of more derived mosasaurids.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
0
Group
Mosasaures
Carnivore
Garamaudo
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Garamaudo bauciensis, mandible. Holotype (CD13-PAL.2018.3.1.10), Bouc-Bel-Air - Sousquières (Bouches-du-Rhône Department, Provence, southeastern France), Santonian. A-H, photographs and interpretative drawings in lateral (A-B), medial (C-D), dorsal (E-F) and ventral (G-H) views. Abbreviations: af, adductor fossa; Ang, Angular; ag, angular groove; Art, Prearticular-articular unit; cob, coronoid buttress; cos, coronoid suture; ctf, corda tympani foramen; f, fossa; g, groove; gf, glenoid fossa; mnf, mandibular nerve foramen; psf, posterior surangular foramen; ri, ridge; rp, retroarticular process; rph, retroarticular process hook; Sur, surangular; sp, surangular horizontal plateau. © N. Bardet, A. Houssaye, F.-L. Pelissier, Y. Dutour, E. Turini & T. Tortosa · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Mosasauridae Family
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Russellosaurina Unranked clade
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Garamaudo Genus
Référence bibliographique
Publication originale
2026 Bardet, Nathalie; Houssaye, Alexandra; Pelissier, François-Louis; Dutour, Yves; Turini, Eric; Tortosa, Thierry (2026-09-28). "Garamaudo bauciensis, a new freshwater mosasaurid (Reptilia, Squamata) from the Santonian (Late Cretaceous) of Provence, southeastern France". Peer Community Journal. 6