Paliguana
Appearance
Paliguana Temporal range: EarliestTriassic
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Holotype skull | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Lepidosauromorpha |
Family: | †Paliguanidae |
Genus: | †Paliguana Broom1903 |
Type species | |
†Paliguana whitei Broom 1903
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Paliguanais anextinctgenusoflizard-likelepidosauromorphreptile.It is known from a single somewhat poorly preserved skull around 3 centimetres (1.2 in) in length from the earliestTriassicKatberg Formation(Beaufort Group) in the upperLystrosaurusAssemblage ZoneofSouth Africa.It is currently the earliest known lepidosauromorph.[1]
Cladogram after Ford, et al. 2021:
Lepidosauromorpha | |
References
[edit]- ^Ford, David P.; Evans, Susan E.; Choiniere, Jonah N.; Fernandez, Vincent; Benson, Roger B. J. (2021-08-25)."A reassessment of the enigmatic diapsid Paliguana whitei and the early history of Lepidosauromorpha".Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.288(1957): 20211084.doi:10.1098/rspb.2021.1084.PMC8385343.PMID34428965.
- Bringing Fossils To Life: An Introduction To Paleobiologyby Donald R. Prothero