†Idiosaura virginiensis Kligman et al. 2024 (crown diapsid)
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Reptilia - Eosuchia - Kuehneosauridae
Full reference: B. T. Kligman, H. D. Sues, and K. M. Melstrom. 2024. A new lizard-like reptile with unusual mandibular neurovasculature from the Upper Triassic of Virginia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (e2353636)
Belongs to Idiosaura according to B. T. Kligman et al. 2024
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM PAL 770102, a mandible (tooth-bearing left dentary missing its anterior end and parts of its posteroventral wall). Its type locality is Tomahawk locality, USNM 39981, which is in a Carnian lacustrine - small mudstone in the Vinita Formation of Virginia.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Tomahawk locality, USNM 39981
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