Ptilotodon

Ptilotodon; Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Teiidae
Genus:	†Ptilotodon; Nydam and Cifelli, 2002
Type species
	†Ptilotodon wilsoni; Nydam and Cifelli, 2002

Ptilotodon is an extinct genus of teiid lizard from the Early Cretaceous of Oklahoma. The type and only known species is Ptilotodon wilsoni, named in 2002 on the basis of a single lower jaw with four teeth found in the Antlers Formation. The small size of the specimen may be an indication that it belonged to a juvenile.[1]

References

Nydam, Randall; Cifelli, Richard (2002). "Lizards from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) Antlers and Cloverly Formations" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 22 (2): 286–298. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0286:lftlca]2.0.co;2.

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[NC02-1] Nydam, Randall; Cifelli, Richard (2002). "Lizards from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) Antlers and Cloverly Formations" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 22 (2): 286–298. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0286:lftlca]2.0.co;2.