Biology:Tiliqua pusilla
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Short description: Extinct species of lizards
| Tiliqua pusilla | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Tiliqua |
| Species: | †T. pusilla
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| Binomial name | |
| †Tiliqua pusilla Shea and Hutchinson, 1992
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Tiliqua pusilla is an extinct species of the extant genus Tiliqua, the blue-tongued skinks. It lived during the Miocene period. It was described in 1992 based on dentary fossils from Riversleigh Station, Queensland.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Shea, Glenn M; Hutchinson, Mark N. (1992). "A new species of lizard (Tiliqua) from the Miocene of Riversleigh, Queensland". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum (Queensland Museum) 32: 303-310. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40477171.
- ↑ "†Tiliqua pusilla Shea and Hutchinson 1992 (skink)". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=94067.
Wikidata ☰ Q123509597 entry
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