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Saurillodon

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Saurillodon
Temporal range: Late Jurassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Paramacellodidae
Genus: Saurillodon
Estes, 1983
Type species
Saurillodon proraformis
Estes, 1983
Other species[1]
  • Saurillodon marmorensis Evans, 1998

Saurillodon is a genus of prehistoric lizard of the Late Jurassic of Portugal, UK and Morrison Formation of Western North America.[2]

Present in stratigraphic zone 4.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Saurillodon in the Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Foster, J. (2007). "Enneabatrachus hechti" Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. p. 137.