Priscagama Temporal range:
Late Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | † Priscagamidae |
Genus: | †
Priscagama Borsuk-Białynicka and Moody, 1984 |
Type species | |
†Priscagama gobiensis Borsuk-Białynicka and Moody, 1984
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Priscagama (meaning "earliest Agama" in Latin) is an extinct genus of iguanian lizard from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia [1] and China. [2] It belongs to an extinct family of iguanians called Priscagamidae [3] (or subfamily Priscagaminae [2] [4]). Several incomplete skulls have been found in the Barun Goyot and Djadochta formations, and were originally referred to the genus Mimeosaurus; the type species Priscagama gobiensis was named in 1984 when it was recognized that these skulls belonged to a distinct species. [1] Priscagama differs from most other priscagamids in having a more elongate, lightly built skull. It is very similar in appearance to another priscagamid called Pleurodontagama, as the two can only be distinguished by the shape of their teeth. [4]
Priscagama Temporal range:
Late Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | † Priscagamidae |
Genus: | †
Priscagama Borsuk-Białynicka and Moody, 1984 |
Type species | |
†Priscagama gobiensis Borsuk-Białynicka and Moody, 1984
[1]
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Priscagama (meaning "earliest Agama" in Latin) is an extinct genus of iguanian lizard from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia [1] and China. [2] It belongs to an extinct family of iguanians called Priscagamidae [3] (or subfamily Priscagaminae [2] [4]). Several incomplete skulls have been found in the Barun Goyot and Djadochta formations, and were originally referred to the genus Mimeosaurus; the type species Priscagama gobiensis was named in 1984 when it was recognized that these skulls belonged to a distinct species. [1] Priscagama differs from most other priscagamids in having a more elongate, lightly built skull. It is very similar in appearance to another priscagamid called Pleurodontagama, as the two can only be distinguished by the shape of their teeth. [4]