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Retinosaurus
| Retinosaurus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, (early Albian),
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| (a) Photograph of the specimen in amber and (b-e) HRCT rendering of the integument | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Superfamily: | Scincoidea |
| Genus: | †Retinosaurus Čerňanský et al., 2022 |
| Species: | †R. hkamtiensis
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| †Retinosaurus hkamtiensis Čerňanský et al., 2022
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Retinosaurus (meaning "amber lizard") is an extinct genus of scincomorph lizard from the Early Cretaceous of Myanmar. The genus contains a single species, Retinosaurus hkamtiensis, known from a specimen preserved in amber.[1]
- ^ Čerňanský, Andrej; Stanley, Edward L.; Daza, Juan D.; Bolet, Arnau; Arias, J. Salvador; Bauer, Aaron M.; Vidal-García, Marta; Bevitt, Joseph J.; Peretti, Adolf M.; Aung, Nyi Nyi; Evans, Susan E. (2022-01-31). "A new Early Cretaceous lizard in Myanmar amber with exceptionally preserved integument". Scientific Reports. 12 (1): 1660. Bibcode:2022NatSR..12.1660C. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-05735-5. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 8803969. PMID 35102237.
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