Necrosaurus Filhol 1876 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata - Necrosauridae

Parent taxon: Necrosauridae according to R. Estes 1983

See also Alifanov 1993, Carroll 1988, Kuhn 1966 and McDowell and Bogert 1954

Sister taxa: Labrodioctes, Melanosaurinae, Necrosaurinae, Proplatynotia, Provaranosaurus

Subtaxa: Necrosaurus cayluxi Necrosaurus eucarinatus Necrosaurus filholi

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Type: Necrosaurus cayluxi

Ecology: carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Belgium (2 collections), France (9)

• Eocene to Miocene of France (1)

• Eocene of Belgium (1), France (29), Germany (4), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Wyoming)

• Paleocene of France (1)

Total: 50 collections including 60 occurrences

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