Paraderma

Paraderma
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Family:
Helodermatidae
Genus:
†Paraderma
Type species
Paraderma bogerti
Estes, 1964

Paraderma is an extinct genus of lizard. it is primarily known from the late Cretaceous Lance Formation.

Paraderma is taxonomically disputed. When it was discovered in 1964, it was assigned to Parasaniwidae, but was reassigned to Helodermatidae in 1983. The most recent study has placed it solidly into Monstersauria.[1]

References

  1. ^ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2023-05-02.


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