Paliguana
Extinct genus of reptiles from the Permia/Triassic of South Africa
| Paliguana Temporal range: Earliest Triassic 252 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Lepidosauromorpha |
| Family: | †Paliguanidae |
| Genus: | †Paliguana Broom 1903 |
| Type species | |
| †Paliguana whitei Broom 1903 | |
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]
Cladogram after Ford, et al. 2021:
| Lepidosauromorpha | |
References
- ^ 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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- See also: Ankylopoda
- Eolacertilia
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