Peltosaurus

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Peltosaurus
Fossil range: Middle Eocene - Early Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Anguimorpha
Family: Anguidae
Genus: Peltosaurus
Cope, 1873

Peltosaurus is an extinct genus of anguid lizard from North America that lived from the Middle Eocene to the Early Miocene. It was named in 1873 by Edward Drinker Cope. The name Peltosaurus was going to be used for the dinosaur now named Sauropelta, but as it was found to already have been used, Sauropelta was substituted.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Worth, Graeme. Peltosaurus. The Dinosaur Encyclopaedia. Accessed 2008-04-12.

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