Socognathus
Extinct genus of lizards
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Socognathus is a genus of prehistoric chamopsiid polyglyphanodontian lizards[1] containing species that lived from the Middle Campanian stage to the late Maastrichtian. Several specimens of the type species, Socognathus unicuspis, have been found in Alberta, Canada.[2][3] A second species, Socognathus brachyodon is known from the late Maastrichtian Lance Formation; its fossils have been found in Wyoming, United States.[1][4]
| Socognathus Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Clade: | †Polyglyphanodontia |
| Genus: | †Socognathus Gao & Fox 1991 |
| Species: | †S. unicuspis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Socognathus unicuspis Gao & Fox 1991 | |
