Paliguana
Appearance
Paliguana Temporal range: Late Permian or Early Triassic
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Family: | †Paliguanidae |
Genus: | †Paliguana Broom 1903 |
Type species | |
†Paliguana whitei Broom 1903
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Paliguana is an extinct genus of lizard-like lepidosauromorph reptile from the Late Permian or Early Triassic Katberg Formation (Beaufort Group) in the upper Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone of South Africa.[1]
References
- ^ 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. PMC 8385343. PMID 34428965.
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- Bringing Fossils To Life: An Introduction To Paleobiology by Donald R. Prothero