Paliguana

{{short description|Extinct genus of reptiles from the Permia/Triassic of South Africa}}

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| fossil_range = Earliest Triassic {{fossilrange|252}}

| image = Paliguana.png

| image_caption = Holotype skull

| display_parents = 2

| taxon = Paliguana

| authority = Broom 1903

| type_species = {{extinct}}Paliguana whitei

| type_species_authority = Broom 1903

}}

File:Paliguana Life Reconstruction.png

Paliguana is an extinct genus of lizard-like lepidosauromorph reptile. It is known from a single somewhat poorly preserved skull around {{Convert|3|cm|in}} in length from the earliest Triassic Katberg Formation (Beaufort Group) in the upper Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone of South Africa. It is currently the earliest known lepidosauromorph.{{Cite journal|last1=Ford|first1=David P.|last2=Evans|first2=Susan E.|last3=Choiniere|first3=Jonah N.|last4=Fernandez|first4=Vincent|last5=Benson|first5=Roger B. J.|date=2021-08-25|title=A reassessment of the enigmatic diapsid Paliguana whitei and the early history of Lepidosauromorpha|journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences|volume=288|issue=1957|pages=20211084|doi=10.1098/rspb.2021.1084|pmid=34428965|pmc=8385343}}