| Schillerosaurus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Genus: | †Schillerosaurus Nydam, Chure, andEvans, 2013 |
| Type species | |
| †Schillerosaurus utahensis Nydam et al., 2013 | |
| Synonyms | |
SchilleriaEvans and Chure, 1999 | |
Schillerosaurus was a genus of prehistoriclizard of theLate JurassicMorrison Formation of Western North America,[1][2] and is currently the onlysquamate genus known to beendemic to the Morrison Formation.[2] Described based on a partial skeleton fromDinosaur National Monument bySusan Evans and Dan Chure in 1999 asSchilleria utahensis, its name was subsequently changed toSchillerosaurus due to the former name already being occupied by a modern-day arachnid subgenus.[3][4]
Other than it belonging to theinfraorderscincomorpha, its further relations are unknown. It is thought to have been aninsectivore like most of its modern relatives due to theirmorphological similarities. Possibly present in stratigraphic zone 5.[5]
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