Schillerosaurus
Appearance
Schillerosaurus Temporal range: Late Jurassic
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
Genus: | †Schillerosaurus |
Schillerosaurus (originally named Schilleria, but this name turned out to be preoccupied)[1] was a genus of prehistoric lizard of the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation of Western North America.[2]
Possibly present in stratigraphic zone 5.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Randall L. Lydam, Daniel J. Chure and Susan E. Evans (2013). "Schillerosaurus gen. nov., a replacement name for the lizard genus Schilleria Evans and Chure, 1999 a junior homonym of Schilleria Dahl, 1907" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3734 (1): 99–100. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3736.1.6.
- ^ Foster, J. (2007). "Table 2.1: Fossil Vertebrates of the Morrison Formation." Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. pp. 58-59.
- ^ Foster, J. (2007). "Enneabatrachus hechti" Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. p. 137.