Reptilia - Squamata - Iguanidae
Full reference: K. T. Smith. 2009. Eocene lizards of the clade Geiseltaliellus from Messel and Geiseltal, Germany, and the early radiation of Iguanidae (Reptilia: Squamata). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 50(2):219-306
Belongs to Geiseltaliellus according to K. T. Smith 2009
Sister taxa: Geiseltaliellus grisolli, Geiseltaliellus lamandini, Geiseltaliellus longicaudus, Geiseltaliellus pradiguensis
Type specimen: HLMD-Me 10207, a partial skeleton (nearly complete skeleton). Its type locality is HLMD pit 14, Messel, which is in a MP 11 lacustrine shale in the Messel Formation of Germany.
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution: found only at HLMD pit 14, Messel
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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