Megachirella
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Megachirella is an extinct genus of lepidosaur, possibly a stem-squamate that lived about 240 million years ago during the Middle Triassic and contains only one known species, Megachirella wachtleri. It is known from a partial skeleton discovered in the Dolomites of Northern Italy and was described in 2003.
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Megachirella | |
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Megachirella wachtleri, Museum of Nature South Tyrol, Bolzano, Italy | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | Lepidosauria |
Genus: | †Megachirella Renesto and Posenato, 2003 |
Type species | |
†Megachirella wachtleri Renesto and Posenato, 2003 |
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