Philydrosaurus

Philydrosaurus
Temporal range: Aptian
Fossil specimen preserving skin impressions, National Museum of Natural Science
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: †Choristodera
Genus: †Philydrosaurus
Gao and Fox, 2005
Species
  • †P. proseilus Gao and Fox, 2005 (type)

Philydrosaurus is an extinct genus of choristoderan which existed in China during the Early Cretaceous. The type species P. proseilus was named in 2005. Philydrosaurus was found from the Jiufotang Formation and is slightly younger than Monjurosuchus, which was found from the Yixian Formation.[1]

  1. ^ Gao, K.-Q.; Fox, R.C. (2005). "A new choristodere (Reptilia: Diapsida) from the Lower Cretaceous of western Liaoning Province, China, and phylogenetic relationships of Monjurosuchidae" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 145 (3): 427–444. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00191.x.