Cryptovaranoides

Cryptovaranoides
Temporal range: Late Triassic (Rhaetian)
Reconstruction of skull (top) and life restoration (bottom) as a squamate
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Genus: †Cryptovaranoides
Whiteside, Chambi-Trowell & Benton, 2022
Species:
†C. microlanius
Binomial name
†Cryptovaranoides microlanius
Whiteside, Chambi-Trowell & Benton, 2022

Cryptovaranoides ("hidden lizard-like animal") is an extinct genus of reptile from the Late Triassic Magnesian Conglomerate of England. It contains a single species, Cryptovaranoides microlanius.