Derasmosaurus
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| Derasmosaurus Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Rhynchocephalia |
| Suborder: | Sphenodontia |
| Infraorder: | Eusphenodontia |
| Clade: | Neosphenodontia |
| Genus: | †Derasmosaurus Barbera and Macuglia, 1988 |
| Species: | †D. pietrarojae
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| †Derasmosaurus pietrarojae Barbera and Macuglia, 1988
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Derasmosaurus is an extinct monotypic genus of rhynchocephalian known from the Early Cretaceous (Albian) aged Pietraroja Plattenkalk of Italy. The only species in the genus is Derasmosaurus pietrarojae. It was originally considered to be a specimen of Lacerta brevicauda by Costa in 1866, it was later considered a specimen of the lizard Chometokadmon fitzingeri by D'Erasmo in 1915. It was described as a distinct rhynchocephalian genus in 1988.[1] It is distinct from other indeterminate rhynchocephalians found in the Plattenkalk.[2] It is considered to be aquatically adapted, and possibly a member of the Pleurosauridae.[3]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ C. Barbera and L. Macuglia. 1988. Revisione dei tetrapodi del Cretacico Inferiore di Pietraroia (Matese Orientale, Benevento) appartenenti alla collezione Costa del Museo di Paleontologia dell'Università di Napoli [Revision of the tetrapods from the Lower Cretaceous of Pietraroia (Eastern Matese, Benevento) belonging to the Costa collection of the Paleontological Museum of the University of Naples]. Memorie della Società Geologica Italiana 41(1):567-574
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