Reptilia - Squamata - Anguidae
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1872. Preliminary description of new Tertiary reptiles. Part I and Part II. The American Journal of Science, series 3 4(22):298-309
Belongs to Oreosaurus according to O. C. Marsh 1872
See also Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Meszoely 1970 and Zonneveld et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Xestops savagei, Xestops vagans, Oreosaurus microdus, Oreosaurus gracilis, Oreosaurus lentus, Oreosaurus minutus
Type specimen: YPM 541, a partial skeleton (frontals (lectotype), 3 lower jaw fragments, partial right maxilla, pterygoid, scutes and bone fragments). Its type locality is Grizzly Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Grizzly Buttes
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