Neokotus

Neokotus
Temporal range: Valanginian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

  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.