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Pariguana lancensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Pariguana lancensis was named by Longrich et al. (2012). Its type specimen is AMNH 22208, a mandible (left dentary), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bushy Tailed Blowout, which is in a Lancian terrestrial shale in the Lance Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Pariguana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Pariguana lancensis Longrich et al. fig. 1E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—IguanomorphaSukhanov 1961
genusPariguana
specieslancensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Pariguana lancensis Longrich et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
N. R. Longrich et al. 2012Small iguanid characterized by the following combination of characters: teeth tall, slender, with tapering crowns and weak accessory cusps; coronoid extends forward on lateral surface of jaw beneath last tooth, Meckelian groove constricted suddenly ahead of anterior inferior alveolar foramen.