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