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Palaeoxanta

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Palaeoxanta
Temporal range: Aptian–Albian
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Eoxantidae
Genus: Palaeoxanta
Species:
P. conicodentata
Binomial name
Palaeoxanta conicodentata
Alifanov, 2019

Palaeoxanta is an extinct genus of eoxantid that lived during the Early Cretaceous epoch.

Distribution

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Palaeoxanta conicodentata is known from the Hühteeg Horizon of Mongolia.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Alifanov, V. R. (20 May 2019). "Lizards of the Families Eoxantidae, Ardeosauridae, Globauridae, and Paramacellodidae (Scincomorpha) from the Aptian–Albian of Mongolia". Paleontological Journal. 53 (1): 74–88. doi:10.1134/S0031030119010039. ISSN 0031-0301.