†Peltosaurus floridanus Vanzolini 1952 (squamates)
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Full reference: P. E. Vanzolini. 1952. Fossil snakes and lizards from the Lower Miocene of Florida. Journal of Paleontology 26(3):452-457
Belongs to Peltosaurus according to P. E. Vanzolini 1952
See also Maddox and Wall 1998
Sister taxa: Peltosaurus granulosus, Peltosaurus macrodon
Type specimen: MCZ 1979, a mandible (fragment of a right mandibula). Its type locality is Thomas Farm, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Alachua Formation of Florida.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Thomas Farm
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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