Smithosaurus Vasilyan et al. 2022 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata - Anguidae

Full reference: D. Vasilyan, A. Čerňanský, Z. Szyndlar and T. Mörs. 2022. Amphibian and reptilian fauna from the early Miocene of Echzell, Germany. Fossil Record 25(1):99-145

Parent taxon: Anguinae according to D. Vasilyan et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Anguini, Anguis, Headonhillia, Ophipseudopus, Ophisaurini, Ophisauriscus, Parophisaurus, Ragesaurus

Subtaxa: Smithosaurus echzellensis

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Type: Smithosaurus echzellensis

Ecology: insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Echzell (Miocene of Germany)

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