Melanosaurus Gilmore 1928 (squamates)

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

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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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