Reptilia - Squamata - Anguidae
Full reference: P. Gervais. 1852. Zoologie et Paléontologie Françaises (Animaux Vertébrés) ou Nouvelles Recherches sur les Animaux Vivants et Fossiles de la France [French Zoology and Paleontology (Vertebrate Animals) or New Research on the Living and Fossil Animals of France] 1–3:1-274+
Belongs to Placosaurus according to R. M. Sullivan and M. Augé 2006
See also Gervais 1852, Gervais 1859, Hay 1902, Hay 1930 and Sullivan 1979
Sister taxa: Placosaurus cayluxi, Placosaurus estesi, Placosaurus europaeus, Placosaurus galliae, Placosaurus gaudryi, Placosaurus margariticeps, Placosaurus mongoliensis, Placosaurus ragei, Placosaurus waltheri
Type specimen: MNHN 1906-25, a partial skull (nearly complete, fused frontal, dorsally covered with hexagonal cephalic osteoderms that are sub-equal in size, missing the right posterior corner, with left pr). Its type locality is La Debruge, which is in a Priabonian mire/swamp marl in France.
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene to Miocene of France (1 collection)
• Eocene of France (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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