Tiliqua pusilla
| Tiliqua pusilla Temporal range: Miocene
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| Scientific classification | |
| 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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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] and is the smallest known species of Tiliqua.[3]
References
- ^ 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: 303–310 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ "†Tiliqua pusilla Shea and Hutchinson 1992 (skink)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ Hollenshead, Marci G.; Mead, Jim I.; Swift, Sandra L. (2011). "Late Pleistocene Egernia group skinks (Squamata: Scincidae) from Devils Lair, Western Australia". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 35 (1): 31–51. doi:10.1080/03115518.2010.481827. ISSN 0311-5518. LCCN 2007247629. OCLC 321020127.