Pedrerasaurus
Pedrerasaurus Temporal range: Barremian
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Clade: | Scincogekkonomorpha |
Genus: | †Pedrerasaurus Bolet & Evans, 2010 |
Type species | |
†Pedrerasaurus latifrontalis Bolet & Evans, 2010
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Pedrerasaurus is an extinct genus of scincogekkonomorph lizard from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation of Spain. The type species is P. latifrontalis. It is similar in appearance to Meyasaurus, a widespread Early Cretaceous lizard that is also known from the Iberian Peninsula. Both genera have bicuspid (two-cusped) teeth, but unlike Meyasaurus, Pedrerasaurus has frontal bones that are not fused or constricted.[1]
References[]
- ^ Bolet, Arnau & Evans, Susan E. (August 2010). "A new lizard from the Early Cretaceous of Catalonia (Spain), and the Mesozoic lizards of the Iberian Peninsula". Cretaceous Research. 31 (4): 447–457. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2010.06.002.
Categories:
- Cretaceous lizards
- Barremian life
- Cretaceous Spain
- Fossils of Spain
- Fossil taxa described in 2010
- Prehistoric lizard stubs