Gangiguana
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Gangiguana armatus is an extinct genus of primitive iguanid from the Early Cretaceous
of India
, known primarily from bone
fragments. One known whole specimen is a crushed individual that died while in the act of devouring a juvenile.
Early Cretaceous
The Early Cretaceous or the Lower Cretaceous , is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous...
of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, known primarily from bone
Bone
Bones are rigid organs that constitute part of the endoskeleton of vertebrates. They support, and protect the various organs of the body, produce red and white blood cells and store minerals. Bone tissue is a type of dense connective tissue...
fragments. One known whole specimen is a crushed individual that died while in the act of devouring a juvenile.
Other extinct lizards from the Cretaceous
- PalaeosaniwaPalaeosaniwaPalaeosaniwa is an extinct genus of varanoid lizard from the late Cretaceous of North America. The name, given by Charles Whitney Gilmore in 1928, means "ancient Saniwa."- Description :...
- KuwajimallaKuwajimallaKuwajimalla is an extinct genus of plant-eating lizard from the Early Cretaceous of Japan. The type species is. K. kagaensis.- Sources :*...
- DalinghosaurusDalinghosaurusDalinghosaurus is an extinct genus of lizards, first described in 1998 by S.A. Ji of the Peking University Department of Geology...
- PristiguanaPristiguanaPristiguana brasiliensis is an extinct species of an extinct monotypic genus Pristiguana of primitive iguanid from the Upper Cretaceous....
See also
- XiphactinusXiphactinusXiphactinus was a large, 4.5 to 6 m long predatory bony fish that lived in the Western Interior Sea, over what is now the middle of North America, during the Late Cretaceous. When alive, the fish would have resembled a gargantuan, fanged tarpon...
- another animal that died while in the act of devouring its prey.