Desertiguana
Desertiguana Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Phrynosomatidae |
Genus: | †Desertiguana Alifanov, 2013 |
Type species | |
†Desertiguana gobiensis Alifanov, 2013
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Desertiguana is an extinct genus of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. It is a monotypic genus represented by the type species Desertiguana gobiensis from the Late Cretaceous Barun Goyot Formation of Mongolia. Desertiguana gobiensis is known from a single left lower jaw.[1]
References[]
- ^ Alifanov, V. R. (2013). "Desertiguana gobiensis gen. et sp. nov., a new lizard (Phrynosomatidae, Iguanomorpha) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia". Paleontological Journal. 47 (4): 417–424. doi:10.1134/S0031030113040023.
Categories:
- Phrynosomatidae
- Cretaceous lizards
- Late Cretaceous lepidosaurs of Asia
- Fossils of Mongolia
- Barun Goyot Formation
- Fossil taxa described in 2013
- Prehistoric lizard stubs