Lonchognathosaurus Lonchognathosaurus Lonchognathosaurus was a genus of dsungaripterid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Albian-age Lower Cretaceous Lianmuqin Formation of Xinjiang, China. The genus was named in 2004 by Michael Maisch, Andreas Matzke and Sun Ge. The type species is "Lonchognathosaurus acutirostris". The genus name is derived from Greek "lonchos", "lance", "gnathos", "jaw" and "sauros", "lizard", in reference to the fact that it is a reptile with pointed jaws. The specific name means "needle snout" in Latin. "Lonchognathosaurus" is based on holotype SGP 2001/19, found near Urumqi in the southern Junggar Basin, the front portion of a skull and lower jaws that came
Viviparous lizard Viviparous lizard The viviparous lizard or common lizard, Zootoca vivipara (formerly "Lacerta vivipara"), is a Eurasian lizard. It lives farther north than any other species of non-marine reptile, and most populations are viviparous (giving birth to live young), rather than laying eggs as most other lizards do. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Zootoca. Both ""Zootoca"" and ""vivipara"" mean "live birth," in Greek and Latin respectively. It was called "Lacerta vivipara" until the genus "Lacerta" was split into nine genera in 2007 by , Arribas & Carranza. "Zootoca vivipara" can be seen in a variety of different