Pelsochamops Temporal range: Santonian, 85 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 |
Order: | Squamata |
Clade: | †Polyglyphanodontia |
Genus: | †Pelsochamops Makádi, 2013 |
Species: | †P. infrequens |
Binomial name | |
†Pelsochamops infrequens Makádi, 2013 |
Pelsochamops is an extinct genus of Chamopsiid lizard, containing the single species P. infrequens from the Santonian aged Csehbánya Formation of Hungary, known from a partial dentary and maxilla fragments. It is the first chamopsiid known from Europe, the rest being known from North America.
References
- Makádi, László (July 2013). "The first known chamopsiid lizard (Squamata) from the Upper Cretaceous of Europe (Csehbánya Formation; Hungary, Bakony Mts)" (PDF). Annales de Paléontologie. 99 (3): 261–274. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2013.07.002. ISSN 0753-3969.
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