Apodosauriscus minutus Gauthier 1982 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata - Anguidae

Full reference: J. A. Gauthier. 1982. Fossil xenosaurid and anguid lizards from the early Eocene Wasatch Formation, southeast Wyoming, and a revision of the Anguidea. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 21(1):7-54

Belongs to Apodosauriscus according to J. A. Gauthier 1982

Sister taxon: Apodosauriscus thermophilus

Type specimen: UCMP 100125 (posterior half of left dentary). Its type locality is Arapahovius Paleofaunule, which is in a Lysitean/Lostcabinian terrestrial horizon in the Wasatch Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: planktonic insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Arapahovius Paleofaunule

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