Biology:Socognathus
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Short description: Genus of lizards
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Genus: | †Socognathus Gao & Fox 1991 |
| Species: | †S. unicuspis
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| †Socognathus unicuspis Gao & Fox 1991
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Socognathus is a genus of prehistoric chamopsiid polyglyphanodontian lizards[1] containing species that lived from the Middle Campanian stage to the late Maastrichtian. Several specimens of the type species, Socognathus unicuspis, have been found in Alberta, Canada .[2][3] A second species, Socognathus brachyodon is known from the late Maastrichtian Lance Formation; its fossils have been found in Wyoming, United States .[1][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nicholas R. Longrich; Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar; Jacques A. Gauthier (2012). "Mass extinction of lizards and snakes at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109 (52): 21396–21401. doi:10.1073/pnas.1211526110. PMID 23236177. Bibcode: 2012PNAS..10921396L.
- ↑ Peng, J.; A. P. Russell; D. B. Brinkman (2001). "Vertebrate microsite assemblages (exclusive of mammals) from the Foremost and Oldman Formations of the Judith River Group (Campanian) of southeastern Alberta: an illustrated guide". Provincial Museum of Alberta, Natural History Occasional Paper 25: 1–546.
- ↑ Wood, D. (Jul 2010). "New species named: Kleskunsaurus grandeprairiensis". Daily Herald-Tribune. http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2676910. Retrieved 27 Oct 2010.
- ↑ Nicholas R. Longrich; Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar; Jacques A. Gauthier (2013). "Correction for "Mass extinction of lizards and snakes at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary," by Nicholas R. Longrich, Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar, and Jacques A. Gauthier, which appeared in issue 52, December 26, 2012, of Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (109:21396–21401; first published December 10, 2012; 10.1073/pnas.1211526110)". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110 (16): 6608. doi:10.1073/pnas.1303907110.
Wikidata ☰ Q890466 entry
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