Placosaurus ragei Sullivan et al. 2012 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata - Anguidae

Actually published as "Placosaurus ragei" but the PBDB doesn't have options for that, so awaiting more literature that gives a surer taxonomic position.

Full reference: R. M. Sullivan, M. Auge, E. Wille and R. Smith. 2012. A new glyptosaurine lizard from the earliest Eocene of Dormaal, Belgium. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 183(6):627-633

Belongs to Placosaurus according to R. M. Sullivan et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Placosaurus cayluxi, Placosaurus estesi, Placosaurus europaeus, Placosaurus galliae, Placosaurus gaudryi, Placosaurus margariticeps, Placosaurus mongoliensis, Placosaurus rugosus, Placosaurus waltheri

Type specimen: IRScNB R263 (AKA IRScNB D02) (left dentary). Its type locality is Dormaal, which is in a Ypresian fluvial sandstone in the Tienen Formation of Belgium.

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dormaal

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