| Caninosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Clade: | † Polyglyphanodontia |
| Genus: | † Caninosaurus Wang et al., 2025 |
| Species: | †C. ganzhouensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Caninosaurus ganzhouensis Wang et al., 2023 | |
Caninosaurus (meaning "canine lizard") is an extinct genus of polyglyphanodontian lizard from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian age) Tangbian Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, Caninosaurus ganzhouensis, known from a partial skull and mandible. It is characterized by a greatly enlarged caniniform tooth in the fourth maxillary alveolus. [2]
