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Calanguban
Temporal range: 122.46–112.6Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sauropsida
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Genus: Calanguban
Simões et al., 2014
Type species
Calanguban alamoi
Simões et al., 2014


Calanguban is an extinct genus of lizards from the Early Cretaceous of South America. The only species in this genus is Calanguban alamoi named in 2014. Its closest living relatives are modern-day skinks. It may have been arboreal and was probably insectivorous.

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