Bauersaurus
Extinct genus of lizards
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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. It is only known from fragments of the upper (maxilla) and lower jaw).
| Bauersaurus Temporal range: Eocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Clade: | Gekkonomorpha |
| Genus: | †Bauersaurus Čerňanský, Daza, Tabuce, Saxton & Vidalenc, 2023[1] |
| Species: | †B. cosensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Bauersaurus cosensis Čerňanský, Daza, Tabuce, Saxton & Vidalenc, 2023 | |
Discovery
Remains of the species were collected from the Quercy Phosphorites, fissure filling deposits found in the Quercy region of France.[2]
Taxonomy
Based on the similarity of its maxillary morphology to Eichstaettisaurus, the authors of the describing paper propoesed that B. cosensis likely represents a ghost lineage of Pan-Gekkota that survived the Cretaceous-Palaeogene extinction event and persisted into the Eocene in Europe, either like Eichstaettisaurus outside crown Gekkota or within the Gekkota crown group.[2]