Foliesaurus boutersemensis Auge and Smith 2009 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata

Full reference: M. Auge and R. Smith. 2009. An assemblage of early Oligocene lizards (Squamata) from the locality of Boutersem (Belgium), with comments on the Eocene-Oligocene transition. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 155:148-170

Belongs to Foliesaurus according to M. Auge and R. Smith 2009

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IRSNB R245 (prev. BOU-AR-40-RS) (incomplete right dentary lacking anterior part). Its type locality is Boutersem TGV, which is in a Rupelian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Borgloon Formation of Belgium.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Boutersem TGV

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