Blutwurstia, Smith & Bhullar & Bloch, 2022

Smith, Krister T., Bhullar, Bhart-Anjan S. & Bloch, Jonathan I., 2022, New diminutive Eocene lizard reveals high K-Pg survivorship and taxonomic diversity of stem xenosaurs in North America, American Museum Novitates 2022 (3986), pp. 1-36 : 23

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1206/3986.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7160900

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7F25F61E-FF93-FF97-224A-FCD9FB78E94D

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Felipe

scientific name

Blutwurstia
status

gen. nov.

Blutwurstia , new genus

This nomenclatural act has been registered in ZooBank, urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:B9B42807-73AE-4743-9C21-9CBF6E79F717 .

TYPE SPECIES: Blutwurstia oliviae , sp. nov .

DIAGNOSIS: As for type and only known species.

ETYMOLOGY: Blutwurst, German for (f.) “blood sausage,” in reference to the coloration, tendency to gather or “link up” in groups, and habitus of its close modern relative, Xenosaurus .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Xenosauridae

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