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Extinct genus of lizards From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paraplacosauriops (near Placosauriops) is an extinct genus of anguid lizards from the middle Eocene of France.
Paraplacosauriops Temporal range: middle Eocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Anguidae |
Subfamily: | †Glyptosaurinae |
Genus: | †Paraplacosauriops Auge and Sullivan, 2006 |
Type species | |
†Paraplacosauriops quercyi Filhol, 1882 |
Paraplacosauriops was originally named Plestiodon quercyi by Filhol (1882) on the basis of dentary remains from fissure fill deposits in Quercy, France.[1] Hoffstetter (1944) referred P. quercyi to the glyptosaurine genus Placosaurus, which is likewise endemic to Europe.[2] However, Auge and Sullivan (2006) recognized quercyi as belonging to the tribe Melanosaurini and not a Placosaurus-like glyptosaurin, so they erected Paraplacosauriops for P. quercyi.[3]
Distinguishing features of Paraplacosauriops include a distinguishing heterodont dentition, especially the anterior teeth being extremely slender, pointed and not peg-like.[3]
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