| Paliguana ↓ | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Lepidosauromorpha |
| Family: | †Paliguanidae |
| Genus: | †Paliguana Broom 1903 |
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| †Paliguana whitei Broom 1903 | |
Paliguana is an extinct genusoflizard-like lepidosauromorph reptile. It is known from a single somewhat poorly preserved skull around 3 centimetres (1.2 in) in length from the earliest Triassic Katberg Formation (Beaufort Group) in the upper Lystrosaurus Assemblage ZoneofSouth Africa. It is currently the earliest known lepidosauromorph.[1]
Cladogram after Ford, et al. 2021:
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