†Penemabuya antecessor Gao and Fox 1996 (skink)
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Reptilia - Squamata - Scincidae
Full reference: K. -Q. Gao and R. C. Fox. 1996. Taxonomy and evolution of Late Cretaceous lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from western Canada. Bulletin of the Carnegie Museum of natural History 33:1-107
Belongs to Penemabuya according to K. -Q. Gao and R. C. Fox 1996
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UALVP 29789, a mandible (incomplete right dentary with six teeth and the broken bases/vacant alveoli for 16 others). Its type locality is Verdigris Coulee (UA-MR-6), which is in a Santonian terrestrial sandstone/shale in the Milk River Formation of Canada.
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution: found only at Verdigris Coulee (UA-MR-6)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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