| The Morrison Man/sandbox4 Temporal range: Tithonian, ~
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| CT scans of each of the skull elements of Eoscincus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | †Paramacellodidae |
| Genus: | †Eoscincus Brownstein et al., 2022 |
| Type species | |
| †Eoscincus ornatus Brownstein et al., 2022[1]
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Eoscincus is a genus of extinct scincomorph lizard from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Utah, United States. The genus is monotypic, containing only the type species Eoscincus ornatus, which is known from a nearly complete skull.
History of Discovery
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- ^ Brownstein, Chase D.; Meyer, Dalton L.; Fabbri, Matteo; Bhullar, Bhart-Anjan S.; Gauthier, Jacques A. (2022). "Evolutionary origins of the prolonged extant squamate radiation". Nature Communications. 13 (1): 7087. Bibcode:2022NatCo..13.7087B. doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34217-5. PMC 9708687. PMID 36446761.