Cryptobicuspidon

Cryptobicuspidon
Temporal range: Aptian, ~
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Clade: †Polyglyphanodontia
Genus: †
Carvalho & Santucci, 2024
Species:
†C. pachysymphysealis
Binomial name
†Cryptobicuspidon pachysymphysealis
Carvalho & Santucci, 2024

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

  1. ^ 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.


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