Caninosaurus
| Caninosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Clade: | †Polyglyphanodontia |
| Genus: | †Caninosaurus Wang et al., 2025 |
| Species: | †C. ganzhouensis
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| †Caninosaurus ganzhouensis Wang et al., 2023
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Caninosaurus (meaning "canine lizard") is an extinct genus of polyglyphanodontian lizard from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian age) Tangbian Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, Caninosaurus ganzhouensis, known from a partial skull and mandible. It is characterized by a greatly enlarged caniniform tooth in the fourth maxillary alveolus.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Xi, Dangpeng; Wan, Xiaoqiao; Li, Guobiao; Li, Gang (2019). "Cretaceous integrative stratigraphy and timescale of China". Science China Earth Sciences. 62 (1): 256–286. Bibcode:2019ScChD..62..256X. doi:10.1007/s11430-017-9262-y. ISSN 1674-7313.
- ^ Wang, Mengli; Dong, Liping; Yu, Juan; Lou, Fasheng; Qiu, Wenjiang; Han, Fenglu (2025-12-31). "A new borioteiioid lizard with large caniniform tooth from the Upper Cretaceous of South China". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 23 (1). doi:10.1080/14772019.2025.2509637. ISSN 1477-2019.
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