Paliguana is an extinct genus of lizard-like lepidosauromorph reptile. It is known from a single somewhat poorly preserved skull around 3 centimetres (1.2 in) in length from the earliest Triassic Katberg Formation (Beaufort Group) in the upper Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone of South Africa. It is currently the earliest known lepdosauromorph.[1]
| Paliguana Temporal range: Earliest Triassic | |
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| Holotype skull | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Lepidosauromorpha |
| Family: | †Paliguanidae |
| Genus: | †Paliguana Broom 1903 |
| Type species | |
| †Paliguana whitei Broom 1903 | |
Cladogram after Ford, et al. 2021:
| Lepidosauromorpha | |
References
- Bringing Fossils To Life: An Introduction To Paleobiology by Donald R. Prothero