Paliguana

<i>Paliguana</i>

Paliguana

Extinct genus of reptiles from the Permia/Triassic of South Africa

Paliguana is an extinct genus of lizard-like lepidosauromorph reptile. It is known from a single somewhat poorly preserved skull around 3 centimetres (1.2 in) in length from the earliest Triassic Katberg Formation (Beaufort Group) in the upper Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone of South Africa. It is currently the earliest known lepdosauromorph.[1]

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Cladogram after Ford, et al. 2021:

Lepidosauromorpha


References

  1. [1]
    Ford, David P.; Evans, Susan E.; Choiniere, Jonah N.; Fernandez, Vincent; Benson, Roger B. J. (2021-08-25). "A reassessment of the enigmatic diapsid Paliguana whitei and the early history of Lepidosauromorpha". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 288 (1957): 20211084. doi:10.1098/rspb.2021.1084. PMC 8385343. PMID 34428965.
  • Bringing Fossils To Life: An Introduction To Paleobiology by Donald R. Prothero
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