Pelsochamops is an extinct genus of Chamopsiid lizard, containing the single species P. infrequens from the Santonian aged Csehbánya Formation of Hungary, known from a partial dentary and maxilla fragments.[1] It is the first chamopsiid known from Europe, the rest being known from North America.

Pelsochamops
Temporal range: Santonian, 85 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Clade: Polyglyphanodontia
Genus: Pelsochamops
Makádi, 2013
Species:
P. infrequens
Binomial name
Pelsochamops infrequens
Makádi, 2013

References edit

  1. ^ Makádi, László (July 2013). "The first known chamopsiid lizard (Squamata) from the Upper Cretaceous of Europe (Csehbánya Formation; Hungary, Bakony Mts)" (PDF). Annales de Paléontologie. 99 (3): 261–274. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2013.07.002. ISSN 0753-3969.