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.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Genus: | †Bauersaurus Čerňanský, Daza, Tabuce, Saxton & Vidalenc, 2023[1] |
Species: | †B. cosensis
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Binomial name | |
†Bauersaurus cosensis |
Taxonomy
editBased 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
edit- ^ Bauersaurus Čerňanský, Daza, Tabuce, Saxton & Vidalenc, 2023 . Retrieved through: Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera on 2024-09-11.
- ^ 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.