Tiliqua pusilla
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| Tiliqua pusilla Temporal range: Miocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Tiliqua |
| Species: | †T. pusilla |
| Binomial name | |
| †Tiliqua pusilla Shea and Hutchinson, 1992 | |
Tiliqua pusilla is an extinct species of the extant genus Tiliqua, the blue-tongued skinks. It lived during the Miocene period. It was described in 1992 based on dentary fossils from Riversleigh Station, Queensland.[1][2]
References[edit]
- ^ Shea, Glenn M; Hutchinson, Mark N. (1992). "A new species of lizard (Tiliqua) from the Miocene of Riversleigh, Queensland". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 32. Queensland Museum: 303–310 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ "†Tiliqua pusilla Shea and Hutchinson 1992 (skink)". Fossilworks. Retrieved 21 November 2023.