Neosauroides

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Neosauroides
Temporal range: Cretaceous
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Genus: Neosauroides
Kim et al., 2017
Type ichnospecies
Neosauroides koreaensis
Kim et al., 2017
Species [1]
  • N. koreanensisKim et al., 2017
  • N. innovatus Kim et al., 2019

Neosauroides (meaning "new kind of lizard found in Korea") is a Cretaceous ichnogenus of lizard found in South Korea. [2] N. koreanensis is discovered from the Haman Formation, while N. innovatus is discovered from the Jinju Formation. [1]

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References

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