Entomophontes incrustatus Smith and Gauthier 2013 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata

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 Entomophontes according to K. T. Smith and J. A. Gauthier 2013

Sister taxon: Entomophontes hutchisoni

Type specimen: UCMP 98223 (right dentary). Its type locality is Arapahovius Paleofaunule, which is in a Lysitean/Lostcabinian terrestrial horizon in the Wasatch Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (4: Wyoming collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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