Tamaulipasaurus
Extinct genus of reptiles
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Tamaulipasaurus (meaning "Tamaulipas lizard") is an extinct genus of lepidosauromorph reptile from the Early Jurassic of Mexico. It contains a single species, Tamaulipasaurus morenoi, which is based on skull material found at Huizachal Canyon, a productive fossil site in the La Boca Formation.[1][2] Tamaulipasaurus had an unusual condensed skull similar to that of amphisbaenians, a modern group of burrowing squamates. It also possessed a variety of plesiomorphic ("primitive") skull features indicating that it was not a true squamate. Nevertheless, other traits do support a position close to squamates, within the broader reptile group Lepidosauromorpha.[3]
| Tamaulipasaurus Temporal range: Early Jurassic, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Lepidosauromorpha |
| Genus: | †Tamaulipasaurus Clark & Hernandez, 1994 |
| Type species | |
| †Tamaulipasaurus morenoi Clark & Hernandez, 1994 | |
