Oreithyia oaklandi Smith 2011 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata - Iguanidae

Synonym: Orithyia oaklandi Smith 2011 [replaced name]

Full reference: K. T. Smith. 2011. Oreithyia, a replacement name for Orithyis Smith, 2011, nec Orithyia Fabricus, 1798. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 52(2):273

Belongs to Oreithyia according to K. T. Smith 2011

See also Smith 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Oreithyia oaklandi: Its type locality is Medicine Pole Hills, which is in a Chadronian channel sandstone in the Chadron Formation of North Dakota
  • Orithyia oaklandi: PTRM 5198, a mandible (dentary). Its type locality is Medicine Pole Hills, which is in a Chadronian channel sandstone in the Chadron Formation of North Dakota.

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Medicine Pole Hills

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