Reptilia - Squamata - Anguidae
Full reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1928. Fossil lizards of North America. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 22(3):1-201
Parent taxon: Anguidae according to R. M. Sullivan 1991
See also Carroll 1988, Estes 1983, Gilmore 1928, Hay 1930 and Sullivan 1987
Sister taxa: Anguinae, Anniellinae, Bainguis, Barisia, Diploglossinae, Elgaria, Gerrhonotinae, Glyptosaurinae, Odaxosaurinae, Odaxosaurus, Ophisauromimus, Rajaurisaurus, Xestops lentus, Xestops microdus, Xestops minutus, Xestops piercei
Subtaxa: Machaerosaurus torrejonensis
Type: Machaerosaurus torrejonensis
Ecology: insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Wyoming collections)
• Clarkforkian of United States (3: Wyoming)
• Paleocene of United States (7: Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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