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]
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
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Binomial name | |
†Tiliqua pusilla Shea and Hutchinson, 1992
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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.