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A New Platynotan Lizard (Parasaniwidae, Anguimorpha) from the Late Paleocene of Southern Mongolia

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A new lizard, Tsagansaurus nemegetensis gen. et sp. nov., from the Late Paleocene of southern Mongolia is described. It is assigned to the extinct family Parasaniwidae (Platynota, Anguimorpha). The new taxon is the latest representative of this group in the fossil record.

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This study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 16-05-00408.

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Alifanov, V.R. A New Platynotan Lizard (Parasaniwidae, Anguimorpha) from the Late Paleocene of Southern Mongolia. Paleontol. J. 52, 1432–1435 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030118120067

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