Wautaugategu
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| Wautaugategu Temporal range: Middle Miocene (Barstovian 2), | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Teiidae |
| Subfamily: | Tupinambinae |
| Genus: | †Wautaugategu Bourque & Stanley, 2025 |
| Species: | †W. formidus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Wautaugategu formidus Bourque & Stanley, 2025 | |
Wautaugategu is an extinct genus of teiid lizard in the subfamily Tupinambinae, known from the Middle Miocene of the southeastern United States. The genus contains a single species, Wautaugategu formidus, described from a single thoracic vertebra recovered from a Barstovian 2 paleocoastal deposit in southwestern Georgia, United States.