†Gaultia silvaticus Smith 2009 (squamates)
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Reptilia - Squamata - Anguidae
Full reference: K. T. Smith. 2009. A new lizard assemblage from the earliest Eocene (zone Wa0) of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, USA: biogeography during the warmest interval of the Cenozoic. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 7(3):299-358
Belongs to Gaultia according to K. T. Smith 2009
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UCMP 216000 (partial frontal). Its type locality is Castle Gardens, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial mudstone in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Castle Gardens
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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