Reptilia - Squamata - Polyglyphanodontidae
Full reference: J.-c. Lü, S.-a. Ji, and Z.-m. Dong. 2008. An Upper Cretaceous lizard with a lower temporal arcade. Naturwissenschaften 95(7):663-669
Belongs to Tianyusaurus according to J. -Y. Mo et al. 2010
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Shandong Tianyu Natural Museum 05-f702, a partial skeleton (skull and mandible articulated with the first eight cervical vertebrae and the nearly complete pectoral girdles). Its type locality is Qiupa, Luanchuan Basin, which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/conglomerate in the Qiupa Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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