| Cryptovaranoides Temporal range: Late Triassic (Rhaetian)
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| Reconstruction of skull (top) and life restoration (bottom) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Genus: | †Cryptovaranoides Whiteside, Chambi-Trowell & Benton, 2022 |
| Species: | †C. microlanius
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| †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]
- ^ Whiteside, D. I.; Chambi-Trowell, S. A. V.; Benton, M. J. (2022). "A Triassic crown squamate". Science Advances. 8 (48): eabq8274. doi:10.1126/sciadv.abq8274. hdl:1983/a3c7a019-cfe6-4eb3-9ac0-d50c61c5319e. ISSN 2375-2548.