Pamizinsaurus
Pamizinisaurus is a genus of sphenodontian reptile known from Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Tlayúa Formation of Mexico. A crushed skeleton of a juvenile reptile was found in Tlayua Quarry, in central Mexico.[1] It was named Pamizinsaurus tlayuaensis by Reynoso in 1997, after the name of the quarry of which it was found. Its skull length is 16 millimetres (0.63 in).[2] The fossil was covered in small round osteoderms that could have protected it from predators.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Rhynchocephalia |
| Family: | Sphenodontidae |
| Genus: | Pamizinsaurus Reynoso, 1997 |
| Type species | |
| †Pamizinsaurus tlayuaensis Reynoso, 1997 | |
Relatives
Reynoso (1997) argued that Pamizinsaurus was a genus of the subfamily Sphenodontinae; grouping it with the modern Sphenodon (better known as the Tuatara), Zapatadon, Cynosphenodon, Homoeosaurus, Sapheosaurus, and Ankylosphenodon.[1]
References
- Reynoso, Victor-Hugo (1997-04-16). "A "beaded" sphenodontian (Diapsida: Lepidosauria) from the Early Cretaceous of central Mexico". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 17 (1): 52–59. doi:10.1080/02724634.1997.10010953. ISSN 0272-4634.
- Reynoso, Víctor-Hugo; Clark, James M. (1998-06-15). "A dwarf sphenodontian from the Jurassic La Boca Formation of Tamaulipas, México". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 18 (2): 333–339. doi:10.1080/02724634.1998.10011061. ISSN 0272-4634.
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