Reptilia - Squamata - Paramacellodidae
Full reference: R. Hoffstetter. 1967. Coup d'oeil sur les Sauriens (lacertiliens) des couches de Purbeck (Jurassique supérieur d'Angleterre Résumé d'un Mémoire). Colloques Internationaux du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 163:349-371
Belongs to Saurillus according to S. E. Evans and B. Searle 2002
See also Estes 1983 and Hoffstetter 1967
Sister taxa: Saurillus henkeli, Saurillus obtusus
Type specimen: BMNH R8130, a mandible (right dentary). Its type locality is Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83), which is in a Berriasian marine horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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