Palaeagama

Palaeagama is an extinct genus of neodiapsid reptile from the Late Permian or Early Triassic of South Africa.^[1] It is based on an articulated skeleton which was probably found in the Early Triassic Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone, or potentially the Late Permian Daptocephalus Assemblage Zone.^[2] Despite the completeness of the specimen, Palaeagama is considered as a "wildcard" taxon of uncertain affinities due to poor preservation.^[3] It was originally considered an "eosuchian" (ancestral to modern reptiles),^[4] and later reinterpreted as a lizard ancestor closely related to Paliguana and Saurosternon.^[2] Modern studies generally consider it an indeterminate neodiapsid,^[1][3] though a few phylogenetic analyses tentatively support a position at the base of Lepidosauromorpha.^[5][6]

Palaeagama Temporal range: Late Permian?-Early Triassic? PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Life Restoration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Neodiapsida
Genus:	†Palaeagama Broom, 1926
Type species
†Palaeagama vielhaueri Broom, 1926