Harrisonsaurus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Iguanidae |
| Genus: | †Harrisonsaurus Holman, 1981 |
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| †Harrisonsaurus fossilis Holman, 1981
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Harrisonsaurus is an extinct genus of iguanid lizard from the Lower Miocene of Nebraska. It was named in 1981 by Holman for a lower jaw bone found in the Harrison Formation showing a deep jaw, with the single specimen named as the new species H. fossilis. The jaw and teeth show the most similarities to Enyalioides and similar iguanids.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Estes, R. (1983). "Part 10A. Sauria terrestria, Amphisbaenia". In Kuhn, O. (ed.). Handbuch der Palaoherpetologie. Gustav Fischer Verlag. p. 210.
