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Extinct genus of lizards

Pedrerasaurus
Temporal range: Barremian
~129–125 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.

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.
Taxon identifiers
Pedrerasaurus


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