Priscagama
Extinct genus of lizards
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Priscagama (meaning "earliest Agama" in Latin) is an extinct genus of iguanian lizard from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia[1] and China.[2] It belongs to an extinct family of iguanians called Priscagamidae[3] (or subfamily Priscagaminae[2][4]). Several incomplete skulls have been found in the Barun Goyot and Djadochta formations, and were originally referred to the genus Mimeosaurus; the type species Priscagama gobiensis was named in 1984 when it was recognized that these skulls belonged to a distinct species.[1] Priscagama differs from most other priscagamids in having a more elongate, lightly built skull. It is very similar in appearance to another priscagamid called Pleurodontagama, as the two can only be distinguished by the shape of their teeth.[4]
| Priscagama Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | †Priscagamidae |
| Genus: | †Priscagama Borsuk-Białynicka and Moody, 1984 |
| Type species | |
| †Priscagama gobiensis Borsuk-Białynicka and Moody, 1984[1] | |
