Schillerosaurus utahensis Nydam et al. 2013 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata

Synonym: Schilleria utahensis Evans and Chure 1999 [replaced name]

Full reference: R. L. Nydam, D. J. Chure, and S. E. Evans. 2013. Schillerosaurus gen. nov., a replacement name for the lizard genus Schilleria Evans and Chure, 1999 a junior homonym of Schilleria Dahl, 1907. Zootaxa 3734(1):99-100

Belongs to Schillerosaurus according to R. L. Nydam et al. 2013

See also Evans and Chure 1999

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Schillerosaurus utahensis: Its type locality is DNM 375, Dinosaur National Monument, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian terrestrial horizon in the Morrison Formation of Utah
  • Schilleria utahensis: DNM 14720, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is DNM 375, Dinosaur National Monument, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian terrestrial horizon in the Morrison Formation of Utah.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at DNM 375, Dinosaur National Monument

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