Palaeosaniwa
| Palaeosaniwa Temporal range: Late Cretaceous Possible Paleocene record
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Anguimorpha |
| Genus: | †Palaeosaniwa |
| Species: | †P. canadensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Palaeosaniwa canadensis Gilmore, 1928
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Palaeosaniwa is an extinct genus of carnivorous lizard from the Late Cretaceous of North America. The type (and only) species, Palaeosaniwa canadensis, given by Charles Whitney Gilmore in 1928, means "ancient Saniwa from Canada".