Potamites juruazensis
Potamites juruazensis · described by (AVILA-PIRES & VITT 1998)
Fossil specimen.
Photo: Chávez, G., Malqui, J., & Catenazzi, A. (2021). A new riparian Andean Potamites (Reptilia, Squamata, Gymnophtalmidae) from El Sira Mountains, central Peru, with comments on P. ecpleopus Cope 1875, and on the taxonomy and biogeography of Potamites. European Journal of Taxonomy, 760(1), 136-159., CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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The facts
- Scientific name
- Potamites juruazensis
- First described
- (AVILA-PIRES & VITT 1998)
- Class
- Reptiles (Reptilia)
- Order
- Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
- Group
- Lizards (Sauria)
- Family
- Gymnophthalmidae
- Genus
- Potamites
Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.