Megachirella

Megachirella is an extinct genus of lepidosaur, possibly a stem-squamate that lived about 240 million years ago during the Middle Triassic and contains only one known species, Megachirella wachtleri. It is known from a partial skeleton discovered in the Dolomites of Northern Italy and was described in 2003.

Megachirella
Temporal range: Middle Triassic,
Megachirella wachtleri, Museum of Nature South Tyrol, Bolzano, Italy
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Lepidosauria
Genus: Megachirella
Renesto and Posenato, 2003
Type species
Megachirella wachtleri
Renesto and Posenato, 2003
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