Harrisonsaurus

Harrisonsaurus
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Iguanidae
Genus:
Holman, 1981
Type species
Harrisonsaurus fossilis
Holman, 1981

Harrisonsaurus is an extinct genus of iguanid lizard from the Lower Miocene of Nebraska. It was named in 1981 by Holman for a lower jaw bone found in the Harrison Formation showing a deep jaw, with the single specimen named as the new species H. fossilis. The jaw and teeth show the most similarities to Enyalioides and similar iguanids.[1]

References

  1. ^ Estes, R. (1983). "Part 10A. Sauria terrestria, Amphisbaenia". In Kuhn, O. (ed.). Handbuch der Palaoherpetologie. Gustav Fischer Verlag. p. 210.