Cryptobicuspidon
| Cryptobicuspidon Temporal range: Aptian, ~
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Clade: | †Polyglyphanodontia |
| Genus: | † Carvalho & Santucci, 2024 |
| Species: | †C. pachysymphysealis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Cryptobicuspidon pachysymphysealis Carvalho & Santucci, 2024
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Cryptobicuspidon is an extinct genus of polyglyphanodontid lizard from the Early Cretaceous Quiricó Formation of Brazil. The type species is C. pachysymphysealis.[1]
Discovery and naming
The holotype, specimen FUP-Pv 000018, was discovered within massive and reddish sandstones from the Quiricó Formation, directly within the city of Campo Azul. The specimen was named as Cryptobicuspidon pachysymphysealis by Carvalho & Santucci (2024).[1]
References
- ^ a b Celerino de Carvalho, Joyce; Santucci, Rodrigo Miloni (2024). "A new fossil Squamata from the Quiricó Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Sanfranciscana Basin, Minas Gerais, Brazil". Cretaceous Research. 154: 105717. Bibcode:2024CrRes.15405717C. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105717.