Marinussaurus
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Marinussaurus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
Genus: | Marinussaurus Peloso, Pellegrino, Rodrigues, & Ávila-Pires, 2011 |
Species: | M. curupira
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Binomial name | |
Marinussaurus curupira Peloso, Pellegrino, Rodrigues, & Ávila-Pires, 2011
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Marinussaurus is a genus of the lizard family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is monotypic, i.e. it has only one species, Marinussaurus curupira. It occurs in Brazil.[1] The specific name is given after the Curupira, a mythological creature known from many regions in South America (e.g., Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay)
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- Gymnophthalmidae
- Spectacled lizards of Brazil
- Endemic reptiles of Brazil
- Monotypic lizard genera
- Taxa named by Pedro L.V. Peloso
- Taxa named by Kátia Cristina Machado Pellegrino
- Taxa named by Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues
- Taxa named by Teresa C.S. Ávila-Pires
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