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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | †Paramacellodidae |
| Genus: | †Neokotus Bittencourt et. al., 2020 |
Neokotus is an extinct genus of paramacellodid lizard that lived in Brazil during the Valanginian stage. It is known from a single species, N. sanfranciscensis.[1]
- ^ Bittencourt, Jonathas Souza; Simões, Tiago Rodrigues; Caldwell, Michael Wayne; Langer, Max Cardoso (29 April 2020). "Discovery of the oldest South American fossil lizard illustrates the cosmopolitanism of early South American squamates". Communications Biology. 3 (1). doi:10.1038/s42003-020-0926-0. ISSN 2399-3642. PMC 7190622. PMID 32350412. Retrieved 3 October 2024.