Primitivus manduriensis

Primitivus manduriensis
Temporal range:
Upper Campanian-Lower Maastrichtian
MPUR NS 161, the holotype
3D model (A) and life reconstruction (B) of Primitivus manduriensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Dolichosauridae
Genus: Primitivus
Paparella et al., 2018
Species:
P. manduriensis
Binomial name
Primitivus manduriensis
Paparella et al., 2018

Primitivus manduriensis is an extinct species of dolichosaurid squamate that lived in what is now Apulia, Italy at the end of the Cretaceous period, from the upper Campanian to the lower Maastrichtian.