Bauersaurus

Bauersaurus is an extinct genus of pan-gekkotan lizard from the late Ypresian or early Lutetian of France. It is known from a single species, Bauersaurus cosensis.

Bauersaurus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Genus:	†Bauersaurus Čerňanský, Daza, Tabuce, Saxton & Vidalenc, 2023[1]
Species:	†B. cosensis
Binomial name
†Bauersaurus cosensis Čerňanský, Daza, Tabuce, Saxton & Vidalenc, 2023

Taxonomy

Based on the similarity of its maxillary morphology to Eichstaettisaurus, B. cosensis likely represents a ghost lineage of Pan-Gekkota that survived the Cretaceous-Palaeogene extinction event and persisted into the Eocene in Europe.^[2]

References

1. Bauersaurus Čerňanský, Daza, Tabuce, Saxton & Vidalenc, 2023 . Retrieved through: Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera on 2024-09-11.
2. Čerňanský, Andrej; Daza, Juan; Tabuce, Rodolphe; Saxton, Elizabeth; Vidalenc, Dominique (2023). "An early Eocene pan-gekkotan from France could represent an extra squamate group that survived the K-Pg extinction". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 68. doi:10.4202/app.01083.2023. Retrieved 9 September 2024.