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Tiliqua pusilla

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Extinct species of lizards

Tiliqua pusilla
Temporal range: Miocene 11.608–5.332 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
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Tiliqua
Species: †T. pusilla
Binomial name
†Tiliqua pusilla
Shea and Hutchinson, 1992

Tiliqua pusilla is an extinct species of the extant genus Tiliqua, the blue-tongued skinks. It lived during the Miocene period. It was described in 1992 based on dentary fossils from Riversleigh Station, Queensland.

References

  1. Shea, Glenn M; Hutchinson, Mark N. (1992). "A new species of lizard (Tiliqua) from the Miocene of Riversleigh, Queensland". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 32. Queensland Museum: 303–310 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. "†Tiliqua pusilla Shea and Hutchinson 1992 (skink)". Fossilworks. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
Taxon identifiers
Tiliqua pusilla
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