Moqisaurus pulchrum Dong et al. 2023 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata

Full reference: L. Dong, Y. Wang., and S. E. Evans. 2023. A new fossil lizard (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Lower Cretaceous of eastern Inner Mongolia, China. Cretaceous Research 141(105363)

Belongs to Moqisaurus according to L. Dong et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V 26581AB, a partial skeleton (anterior part of a lizard including a well- preserved skull on a small but intact single slab to which is glued a second slab (catalogued as IVPP V 31369)). Its type locality is Moqi Fauna, which is in an Aptian terrestrial shale in China.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Moqi Fauna

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