Pamizinsaurus

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Pamizinsaurus
Temporal range: Albian[1]
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryotes
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
(unranked): Sauropsida
Class: Reptilia
Subclass: Diapsida
Infraclass: Lepidosauromorpha
Magnorder: Lepidosauria
Superorder: Sphenodontiformes
Order: Sphenodontia
Family: Sphenodontidae
Subfamily: Sphenodontinae
Genus: Pamizinsaurus
Species
  • P. tlayuaensisReynoso, 1997 (type)[2]

Pamizinisaurus is a genus of sphenodontian reptile known from Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Tlayúa Formation of Mexico. A crushed skeleon of a juvenile reptile was found in Tlayua Quarry, in central Mexico.[1] It was named Pamizinsaurus tlayuaensis by Reynoso in 1997, after the name of the quarry of which it was found.[1] Its skull length is 16 millimetres (0.63 in).[3] The fossil was covered in small round osteoderms that could have protected it from predators.[4]

Relatives

Pamizinsaurus was a genus of the subfamily Sphenodontinae; grouping it with the modern Sphenodon (better known as the Tuatara), Zapatadon, Cynosphenodon, Homoeosaurus, Sapheosaurus, and Ankylosphenodon.

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