Peltosaurus

Taxobox
name = "Peltosaurus"


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fossil_range=Middle Eocene - Early Miocene
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Squamata
infraordo = Anguimorpha
familia = Anguidae
genus="Peltosaurus"
genus_authority=Cope, 1873
subdivision_ranks = Species
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"Peltosaurus" is an extinct genus of anguid lizard from North America that lived from the Middle Eocene to the Early Miocene. It was named in 1873 by Edward Drinker Cope. The name "Peltosaurus" was going to be used for the dinosaur now named "Sauropelta", but as it was found to already have been used, "Sauropelta" was substituted. [Worth, Graeme. [http://www.dinoruss.org/de_4/5a8e942.htm "Peltosaurus"] . The Dinosaur Encyclopaedia. Accessed 2008-04-12.]

References

External links

* [http://www.paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=38014 "Peltosaurus"] in the Paleobiology Database
* [http://www.smm.org/buzz/museum/object/2004_12_peltosaurus_skull "Peltosaurus" skull] at the Science Museum of Minnesota