Reptilia - Squamata - Anguidae
Alternative combinations: Machaerosaurus pawneensis, Pancelosaurus pawneensis, Xestops pawneensis
Full reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1928. Fossil lizards of North America. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 22(3):1-201
Belongs to Parophisaurus according to R. M. Sullivan 1987
See also Gilmore 1928, Hay 1930 and Meszoely 1970
Sister taxon: Parophisaurus mccloskeyi
Type specimen: KU 1281, a partial skull (fragments of left maxilla, right mandible, right frontal, and overlying dental armor). Its type locality is Pawnee Creek beds, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in Colorado.
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (12: Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming collections)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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