Megachirella

Megachirella
Temporal range: Middle Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Lepidosauromorpha
Genus: Megachirella
Renesto and Posenato, 2003
Type species
Megachirella wachtleri
Renesto and Posenato, 2003

Megachirella is an extinct genus of lepidosauromorph reptile from the Middle Triassic and contains one species, Megachirella wachtleri, from the Dolomites of northern Italy. Megachirella is known from a partial skeleton that was described in 2003. A phylogenetic analysis in 2013 confirmed that it was a lepidosauromorph closely related to crown group Lepidosauria,[1] the clade whose living representatives are lizards, snakes, and the tuatara.

References

  1. Renesto, S.; Bernardi, M. (2013). "Redescription and phylogenetic relationships of Megachirella wachtleri Renesto et Posenato, 2003 (Reptilia, Diapsida)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. doi:10.1007/s12542-013-0194-0.


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