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Slavoia
Extinct genus of lizard / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Slavonia.
Slavoia is an extinct genus of lizard from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia (Dzunbain Formation[1]), and Late Cretaceous of Kazakhstan (Bostobe Formation[2]) and Mongolia (Barun Goyot Formation and Djadochta Formation).
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Slavoia | |
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ZPAL MgR-I/8, the holotype specimen | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | †Slavoiidae |
Genus: | †Slavoia Sulimski, 1984 |
Type species | |
†Slavoia darevskii Sulimski, 1984 |
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There is only a single species S. darevskii,[3] and Slavoia has been suggested to be the oldest known relative of amphisbaenians.