Cryptobicuspidon
{{Short description|Extinct genus of lizards}}
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| genus = Cryptobicuspidon
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| species = pachysymphysealis
| parent_authority = Carvalho & Santucci, 2024
| authority = Carvalho & Santucci, 2024
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Cryptobicuspidon is an extinct genus of polyglyphanodontid lizard from the Early Cretaceous Quiricó Formation of Brazil. The type species is C. pachysymphysealis.{{Cite journal |last1=Celerino de Carvalho |first1=Joyce |last2=Santucci |first2=Rodrigo Miloni |date=2024 |title=A new fossil Squamata from the Quiricó Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Sanfranciscana Basin, Minas Gerais, Brazil |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0195667123002458 |journal=Cretaceous Research |language=en |volume=154 |pages=105717 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105717|bibcode=2024CrRes.15405717C |url-access=subscription }}
Discovery and naming
The holotype, specimen FUP-Pv 000018, was discovered within massive and reddish sandstones from the Quiricó Formation, directly within the city of Campo Azul. The specimen was named as Cryptobicuspidon pachysymphysealis by Carvalho & Santucci (2024).
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Category:Prehistoric lizard genera
Category:Paleontology in Brazil
Category:Fossil taxa described in 2024
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