Gangiguana

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Gangiguana
Temporal range: 146–100Ma
Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Iguanidae
Genus: Gangiguana
Species: G. armatus

Gangiguana armatus ("Armed Ganges Iguana") is an extinct genus of primitive iguanid from the Early Cretaceous of India, known primarily from bone fragments. One known whole specimen is a crushed individual that died while in the act of devouring a juvenile.

Other extinct lizards from the Cretaceous

See also

  • Xiphactinus - another animal that died while in the act of devouring its prey.
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