Slavoia
Slavoia is an extinct genus of lizard from the Late Cretaceous of Kazakhstan (Bostobe Formation) and Mongolia (Barun Goyot Formation and Djadochta Formation), there is only a single species S. darevskii. Slavoia has been suggested to be the oldest known relative of amphisbaenians.
| Slavoia Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, ~ | |
|---|---|
| ZPAL MgR-I/8, the holotype specimen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | †Slavoiidae |
| Genus: | †Slavoia Sulimski, 1984 |
| Type species | |
| †Slavoia darevskii Sulimski, 1984 | |
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