Reptilia - Squamata - Anguidae
Full reference: K. T. Smith and J. A. Gauthier. 2013. Early Eocene lizards of the Wasatch Formation near Bitter Creek, Wyoming: diversity and paleoenvironment during an interval of global warming. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 54(2):135-230
Belongs to Xestops according to K. T. Smith and J. A. Gauthier 2013
Sister taxa: Xestops vagans, Oreosaurus gracilis, Oreosaurus microdus, Oreosaurus minutus, Oreosaurus lentus, Oreosaurus vagans
Type specimen: UCMP 146425 (partial parietal). Its type locality is Level M, UCMP V70243, which is in a Wasatchian channel lag siltstone/sandstone in the Wasatch Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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