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
Belongs to Melanosaurus according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Gilmore 1928
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH 5168 (greater portion of a crushed skull and lower jaws, parts of 2 vertebrae, numerous dermal scutes, many fragments). Its type locality is 5 miles SE of mouth of Pat O'Harra Creek, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (15: Wyoming collections)
• Clarkforkian of United States (13: Wyoming)
Total: 28 collections including 29 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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