Pristiguana

Pristiguana
Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous 100–65 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Iguanidae
Genus: Pristiguana
Species: P. brasiliensis
Binomial name
Pristiguana brasiliensis
Estes & Price, 1973[1]

Pristiguana brasiliensis is an extinct species of primitive iguanid from the Upper Cretaceous.

Pristiguana was discovered in the Bauru Group of Brazil. Its discoverers said, in 1973, that it is the oldest fossil lizard in the family Iguanidae. It resembles living primitive South American iguanids in "some features". It shows "similarity" to members of the related family Teiidae.

References

  1. "†Pristiguana Estes and Price 1973 (lizard)". Fossilworks. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-26.

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