Hoeckosaurus, Čerňanský, 2019

Čerňanský, Andrej, 2019, The first potential fossil record of a dibamid reptile (Squamata: Dibamidae): a new taxon from the early Oligocene of Central Mongolia, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 187 (3), pp. 1-799 : 1-799

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz047

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Hoeckosaurus
status

gen. nov.

HOECKOSAURUS GEN. NOV.

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Type and only species: Hoeckosaurus mongoliensis Čerňanský , sp. nov.

Etymology: The genus is named in recognition of Austrian palaeontologist Gudrun Höck, who undertook research in Mongolia and collected the type material, and from Greek σαύρα [saura], lizard. The epithet is derived from Mongolia, where the type specimen was collected.

Diagnosis: As for Hoeckosaurus mongoliensis , the only known species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Dibamidae

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