Kleskunsaurus

Name: Kleskunsaurus (Kleskun lizard).
Phonetic: Kles-kun-sor-us.
Named By: R.‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Nydam,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Caldwell‭ & ‬F.‭ ‬Fanti‭ ‬-‭ ‬2010.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Squamata,‭ ‬Scleroglossa,‭ ‬Scincomorpha.
Species: K.‭ ‬grandeprairiensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore‭?
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Canada,‭ ‬Alberta‭ ‬-‭ ‬Wapiti Formation.
Time period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial skull.

       Kleskunsaurus is a genus of lizard that lived in Canada during the Cretaceous.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Borioteiioidean lizard skulls from Kleskun Hil‭ (‬Wapiti Formation‭; ‬upper Campanian‭)‬,‭ ‬west-central Alberta,‭ ‬Canada.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology‭ ‬30‭(‬4‭)‬:1090-1099.‭ ‬-‭ ‬R.‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Nydam,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Caldwell‭ & ‬F.‭ ‬Fanti‭ ‬-‭ ‬2010.

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