Isodontosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 84.9–70.6 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 |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Clade: | †Gobiguania |
Genus: | †Isodontosaurus Gilmore, 1943 |
Type species | |
†Isodontosaurus gracilis Gilmore, 1943 |
Isodontosaurus is an extinct genus of iguanian lizard from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia and China. The type species is Isodontosaurus gracilis. Isodontosaurus is part of an extinct group of Late Cretaceous iguanians called Gobiguania, which is currently thought to be endemic to Mongolia.
References
- ^ "†Isodontosaurus Gilmore 1943". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- Daza, J. D.; Abdala, V.; Arias, J. S.; García-López, D.; Ortiz, P. (2012). "Cladistic analysis of Iguania and a fossil lizard from the Late Pliocene of northwestern Argentina". Journal of Herpetology. 46: 104–119. doi:10.1670/10-112. hdl:11336/61054. S2CID 85405843.
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Taxon identifiers | |
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Isodontosaurus |
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