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Cryptobicuspidon

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Cryptobicuspidon
Temporal range: Aptian, ~125 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Clade: Polyglyphanodontia
Genus: Cryptobicuspidon
Carvalho & Santucci, 2024
Species:
C. pachysymphysealis
Binomial name
Cryptobicuspidon pachysymphysealis
Carvalho & Santucci, 2024

Cryptobicuspidon is an extinct genus of polyglyphanodontid lizard from the Early Cretaceous Quiricó Formation of Brazil. The type species is C. pachysymphysealis.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Celerino de Carvalho, Joyce; Santucci, Rodrigo Miloni (2024). "A new fossil Squamata from the Quiricó Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Sanfranciscana Basin, Minas Gerais, Brazil". Cretaceous Research. 154: 105717. Bibcode:2024CrRes.15405717C. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105717.