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 |
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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
- 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 Societe Geologique de France. 183 (6): 517–524. doi:10.2113/gssgfbull.183.6.517.
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