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Lowesaurus

Lowesaurus is an extinct genus of heloderm lizard known from the Oligocene of the United States.

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Lowesaurus
Temporal range: Oligocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Anguimorpha
Family: Helodermatidae
Genus: †Lowesaurus
Pregill, Gauthier & Greene, 1986
Species:
†L. matthewi
Binomial name
†Lowesaurus matthewi
(Gilmore, 1928)
Synonyms

Heloderma matthewi Gilmore, 1928

Lowesaurus is an extinct genus of heloderm lizard known from the Oligocene of the United States.1

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