Biology:Pedrerasaurus
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Short description: Extinct genus of lizards
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q7159395 entry
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