Tianyusaurus zhengi Lü et al. 2008 (squamates)

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

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