Yechilacerta

Yechilacerta
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
Holotype skull, YLSNHM01796
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Clade: †Polyglyphanodontia
Family: †Gilmoreteiidae
Genus: †Yechilacerta
Xing, Niu & Evans, 2023
Species:
†Y. yingliangia
Binomial name
†Yechilacerta yingliangia
Xing, Niu & Evans, 2023

Yechilacerta (meaning "leaf-toothed lizard") is an extinct genus of polyglyphanodontian lizard from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian age) Hekou Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, Yechilacerta yingliangia, known from two skulls and a partial skeleton. It is unusual in possessing a complete lower temporal bar, a feature seen in very few other squamates.

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