Cryptovaranoides Temporal range: Late Triassic (Rhaetian)
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Reconstruction of skull (top) and life restoration (bottom) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Genus: | †Cryptovaranoides Whiteside, Chambi-Trowell & Benton, 2022 |
Species: | †C. microlanius
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Binomial name | |
†Cryptovaranoides microlanius Whiteside, Chambi-Trowell & Benton, 2022
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Cryptovaranoides ("hidden lizard-like animal") is an extinct genus of reptile from the Late Triassic Magnesian Conglomerate of England. It contains a single species, Cryptovaranoides microlanius.[1]