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Retinosaurus
Genus of extinct lizard / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Retinosaurus (meaning "amber lizard") is an extinct genus of scincomorph lizard from the Early Cretaceous of Myanmar. The genus contains a single species, Retinosaurus hkamtiensis, known from a specimen preserved in amber.[1]
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Retinosaurus | |
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(a) Photograph of the specimen in amber and (b-e) HRCT rendering of the integument | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Superfamily: | Scincoidea |
Genus: | †Retinosaurus Čerňanský et al., 2022 |
Species: | †R. hkamtiensis |
Binomial name | |
†Retinosaurus hkamtiensis Čerňanský et al., 2022 | |
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