Paranecrosaurus
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| Paranecrosaurus Temporal range: Eocene | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Anguimorpha |
| Family: | †Palaeovaranidae |
| Genus: | †Paranecrosaurus Smith & Habersetzer, 2021 |
| Type species | |
| †Paranecrosaurus feisti Smith & Habersetzer, 2021 (Stritzke, 1983) | |
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Paranecrosaurus is an extinct genus of lizard from the Eocene Messel Pits of Germany. It contains a single species, Paranecrosaurus feisti, originally described as a species of Saniwa. It was carnivorous, as indicated by the presence of the lizard Cryptolacerta as stomatch contents. It is placed in the family Palaeovaranidae.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ Smith, Krister T.; Habersetzer, Jörg (2021). "The anatomy, phylogenetic relationships, and autecology of the carnivorous lizard "Saniwa" feisti Stritzke, 1983 from the Eocene of Messel, Germany". Comptes Rendus Palevol (in French). 20 (23): 441–506. doi:10.5852/cr-palevol2021v20a23. S2CID 236259655.
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