Priscagama
| Priscagama Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | †Priscagamidae |
| Genus: | †Priscagama Borsuk-Białynicka and Moody, 1984 |
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| <templatestyles src="Noitalic/styles.css"/>†Priscagama gobiensis Borsuk-Białynicka and Moody, 1984
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Priscagama (meaning "earliest Agama" in Latin) is an extinct genus of iguanian lizard from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. It belongs to an extinct family of iguanians called Priscagamidae. Several incomplete skulls have been found in the Barun Goyot and Djadochta formations, and were originally referred to the genus Mimeosaurus; the type species Priscagama gobiensis was named in 1984 when it was recognized that these skulls belonged to a distinct species.[1] Priscagama differs from most other priscagamids in having a more elongate, lightly-built skull. It is very similar in appearance to another priscagamid called Pleurodontagama, as the two can only be distinguished by the shape of their teeth.[2]
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