Durotrigia
Durotrigia is a genus of extinct lizard from the Early Cretaceous of southern England. The type and only species is Durotrigia triconidens, named in 1967 by R. Hoffstetter for jaw material in a review of the lizard fauna of the Berriasian Lulworth Formation. The genus was found in the Mammal Bed near the base of the formation alongside the other lizards Paramacellodus, Becklesius, Pseudosaurillus, Dorsetisaurus, Saurillus and Parviraptor.[1] Durotrigia is likely a genus within the family Globauridae.[2]
| Durotrigia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Superfamily: | †Ardeosauroidea |
| Family: | †Globauridae |
| Genus: | †Durotrigia Hoffstetter, 1967 |
| Species: | †D. triconidens |
| Binomial name | |
| †Durotrigia triconidens Hoffstetter, 1967 | |
References
- Evans, S.E.; Jones, M.E.H.; Matsumoto, R. (2012). "A new lizard skull from the Purbeck Limestone Group (Lower Cretaceous) of England". Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France. 183 (6): 517–524. doi:10.2113/gssgfbull.183.6.517.
- Alifanov, V.R. (2019). "Lizards of the Families Eoxantidae, Ardeosauridae, Globauridae, and Paramacellodidae (Scincomorpha) from the Aptian-Albian of Mongolia". Paleontological Journal. 53 (1): 74–88. doi:10.1134/S0031030119010039.
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