Gueragama

Name: Gueragama.
Phonetic: Gu-ra-gah-mah.
Named By: T.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Sim�es,‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Wilner,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Caldwell,‭ ‬L.‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Weinsch�tz‭ & ‬A.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Kellner‭ ‬-‭ ‬2015.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Diapsida,‭ ‬Iguania,‭ ‬Acrodonta.
Species: G.‭ ‬sulamericana‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore/uncertain.
Size: Unavailable due to lack of fossil remains.
Known locations: Brazil‭ ‬-‭ ‬Goio-Er� Formation.
Time period: Turonian-Campanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Lower jaw.

       Gueragama is a‭ ‬genus of iguanian lizard that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A stem acrodontan lizard in the Cretaceous of Brazil revises early lizard evolution in Gondwana.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Nature Communications‭ ‬6:8149:1-8.‭ ‬-‭ ‬T.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Sim�es,‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Wilner,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Caldwell,‭ ‬L.‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Weinsch�tz‭ & ‬A.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Kellner‭ ‬-‭ ‬2015.



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