Kuwajimalla

Extinct genus of lizards

Kuwajimalla
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous 146–100 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Clade: Scincogekkonomorpha
Clade: Polyglyphanodontia
Genus: Kuwajimalla
Species:
K. kagaensis
Binomial name
Kuwajimalla kagaensis
Evans & Manabe, 2008 (type)

Kuwajimalla kagaensis is an extinct species of plant-eating lizard from the Early Cretaceous Kuwajima Formation in Japan. K. kagaensis is the type species.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Susan E.; Manabe, Makoto (March 2008). "An early herbivorous lizard from the Lower Cretaceous of Japan". Palaeontology. 51 (2): 487–498. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00759.x. ISSN 0031-0239.
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Extinct squamate genera
Acrodonta
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"Polyglyphanodontines"
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Shinisauria?
Goannasauria
Basal Goannasaurians
Varanoidea
Lanthanotidae
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Other platynotans / varanoids
Aigialosaurus dalmaticus

Plioplatecarpus primaevus Estesia mongoliensis Telmasaurus grangeri

Varanus priscus
Indeterminate squamates
Taxon identifiers
Kuwajimalla


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