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Pelsochamops

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Pelsochamops
Temporal range: Santonian, 85 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Clade: Polyglyphanodontia
Genus: Pelsochamops
Makádi, 2013
Species:
P. infrequens
Binomial name
Pelsochamops infrequens
Makádi, 2013

Pelsochamops is an extinct genus of Chamopsiid lizard, containing the single species P. infrequens from the Santonian aged Csehbánya Formation of Hungary, known from a partial dentary and maxilla fragments.[1] It is the first chamopsiid known from Europe, the rest being known from North America.

References

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  1. ^ Makádi, László (July 2013). "The first known chamopsiid lizard (Squamata) from the Upper Cretaceous of Europe (Csehbánya Formation; Hungary, Bakony Mts)" (PDF). Annales de Paléontologie. 99 (3): 261–274. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2013.07.002. ISSN 0753-3969.