Pachygenys
Name:
Pachygenys
(thick jaw).
Phonetic: Pak-e-jen-iss.
Named By: K. Gao & Z. Cheng - 1999.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Scincomorpha.
Species: P. thlastesa
(type), P. adachii.
Diet: Carnivore?
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: China -Doushan Formation. Japan.
Time period: Barremian to Albian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of at least
two individuals.
Pachygenys is a genus of skink that lived in Asia during the early Cretaceous. Pachygenys thlastesa, the type species is known from China, while Pachygenys adachii is known from Japan.
Further reading
- A new lizard from the Lower Cretaceous of Shandong, China. -
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19:456-465. - K. Gao
& Z. Cheng - 1999.
- A new fossil lizard from the Lower Cretaceous Sasayama Group of
Hyogo prefecture, western Honshu, Japan. - Society of
Vertebrate Palaeontology. - Tadahiro Ikeda & Hidetoshi
Oti - 2014.
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