Breugnathair
| Breugnathair Temporal range: Middle Jurassic (Bathonian),
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| Holotype skull of Breugnathair | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | Lepidosauria |
| Clade: | Pan-Squamata |
| Clade: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | †Parviraptoridae |
| Genus: | †Breugnathair Benson et al., 2025 |
| Species: | †B. elgolensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Breugnathair elgolensis Benson et al., 2025
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Breugnathair (meaning "false snake") is an extinct genus of squamate reptiles, known from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian age) Kilmaluag Formation of Scotland. The genus contains a single species, Breugnathair elgolensis, known from a disarticulated partial skeleton including skull bones. Breugnathair is identified as a member of the enigmatic family Parviraptoridae; members of this clade are characterized by an unusual set conflicting anatomical traits comparable in some ways to snakes and varanids within the Toxicofera, while also bearing several characters unlike all modern squamate groups.