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: Glyptosaurinae according to R. M. Sullivan 1986
See also Carroll 1988, Estes 1983, Gilmore 1928, Hay 1930, Kuhn 1966, McDowell and Bogert 1954 and McGrew et al. 1959
Sister taxa: Arpadosaurus, Diacium quinquepedale, Eoglyptosaurus, Glyptosaurini, Glyptosaurus, Helodermoides, Melanosaurini, Paraglyptosaurus, Placosaurus, Proxestops, Sullivania, Xestops
Subtaxa: Melanosaurus maximus
Type: Melanosaurus maximus
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Portugal (1 collection), United States (27: Wyoming)
• Clarkforkian of United States (13: Wyoming)
Total: 41 collections including 42 occurrences
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