Biology:Pedrerasaurus

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Short description: Extinct genus of lizards


Pedrerasaurus
Temporal range: Barremian
~129–125 Ma
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Clade: Scincogekkonomorpha
Genus: Pedrerasaurus
Bolet & Evans, 2010
Type species
Pedrerasaurus latifrontalis
Bolet & Evans, 2010

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

  1. 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