Reptilia - Squamata - Xantusiidae
Full reference: K. T. Smith and J. A. Gauthier. 2013. Early Eocene lizards of the Wasatch Formation near Bitter Creek, Wyoming: diversity and paleoenvironment during an interval of global warming. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 54(2):135-230
Parent taxon: Xantusiidae according to K. T. Smith and J. A. Gauthier 2013
Sister taxa: Catactegenys, Cricosaura, Klauberina, Lepidophyma, Palaeoxantusia, Paracontogenys, Xantusia
Subtaxa: Palepidophyma lilliputiana Palepidophyma paradisa
Type: Palepidophyma paradisa
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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