Parasaurillus

Parasaurillus is a genus of extinct lizard from the Early Cretaceous of southern England. The type and only species is Parasaurillus pseudobtusus, named in 2002 by Susan E. Evans and Belinda Searle for extensive jaw and tooth material that has previously been classified as either Saurillus obtusus (from which the binomial was derived) or Pseudosaurillus from the Berriasian Lulworth Formation. The taxon was found in the Mammal Bed near the base of the formation alongside the other lizards Becklesius, Dorsetisaurus, Durotrigia, Paramacellodus, Pseudosaurillus, Parviraptor and Saurillus obtusus. It is likely closely related to Scincoidea, moreso than other contemporary taxa.[1]

Squamata
Lacertoidea

Purbicella

Lacertidae

Gymnophthalmidae

Teiidae

Anguimorpha

Becklesius

Paramacellodus

Parasaurillus

Cordyliformes

Scincidae

Parasaurillus
Temporal range: Berriasian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Genus: Parasaurillus
Evans & Searle, 2002
Species:
P. pseudobtusus
Binomial name
Parasaurillus pseudobtusus
Evans & Searle, 2002

References

  1. Evans, S.E.; Jones, M.E.H.; Matsumoto, R. (2012). "A new lizard skull from the Purbeck Limestone Group (Lower Cretaceous) of England". Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. 183 (6): 517–524. doi:10.2113/gssgfbull.183.6.517.
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