†Pristiguana brasilensis Estes and Price 1973 (squamates)
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Reptilia - Squamata - Iguanidae
Full reference: R. Estes and L. I. Price. 1973. Iguanid lizard from the Upper Cretaceous of Brazil. Science 180:748-751
Belongs to Pristiguana according to R. Estes 1983
See also Estes and Price 1973
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Divisão de Geologia e Mineralogia no. 552, a partial skeleton (Frontals, left dentary with teeth, right surangular, left pterygoid, left humerus and fragments). Its type locality is Price Quarry 1 (Caieira quarry), which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone in the Serra da Galga Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution: found only at Price Quarry 1 (Caieira quarry)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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