Isodontosaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Clade: Gobiguania
Genus: Isodontosaurus
Gilmore, 1943
Type species
Isodontosaurus gracilis
Gilmore, 1943

Isodontosaurus is an extinct genus of iguanian lizard from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia and China.[1] The type species is Isodontosaurus gracilis. Isodontosaurus is part of an extinct group of Late Cretaceous iguanians called Gobiguania, which is currently thought to be endemic to Mongolia.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "†Isodontosaurus Gilmore 1943". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. Daza, J. D.; Abdala, V.; Arias, J. S.; García-López, D.; Ortiz, P. (2012). "Cladistic analysis of Iguania and a fossil lizard from the Late Pliocene of northwestern Argentina". Journal of Herpetology. 46: 104–119. doi:10.1670/10-112. hdl:11336/61054. S2CID 85405843.


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