Pedrerasaurus
| Pedrerasaurus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| (unranked): | Scincogekkonomorpha |
| Genus: | Pedrerasaurus Bolet and Evans, 2010 |
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Pedrerasaurus is an extinct genus of scincogekkonomorph lizard from the Early Cretaceous 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
- ↑ Arnau Bolet; and Susan E. Evans (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.
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