Reptilia - Squamata - Anguidae
Alternative combinations: Harpagosaurus silberlingii, Paraprionosaurus silberlingii
Synonyms: Peltosaurus jepseni Gilmore 1942, Proxestops gastrodon Bartels 1988, Proxestops jepseni Gilmore 1942, Proxestops jepsoni Gauthier 1982
Full reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1938. Descriptions of new and little-known fossil lizards from North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 86(3042):11-26
Belongs to Proxestops according to R. M. Sullivan 1991
See also Bryant 1989, Estes 1983, Gauthier 1982, Gilmore 1938, Gilmore 1942 and Meszoely 1970
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Proxestops silberlingii: USNM 13877, a maxilla (left maxilla with teeth). Its type locality is Silberling Quarry, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the "Fort Union" (= Lebo) Formation of Montana.
- Proxestops gastrodon:
- Proxestops jepseni: Princeton Mus. no. 14565, a maxilla (incomplete right maxillary bearing 9 teeth, posterior portion of the parietal, and one dermal scute). Its type locality is Princeton Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.
- Proxestops jepsoni: PU 14565.
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (9: Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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