†Primitivus Paparella et al. 2018 (squamates)
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Reptilia - Squamata - Dolichosauridae
Full reference: I. Paparella, A. Palci, U. Nicosia and M. W. Caldwell. 2018. A new fossil marine lizard with soft tissues from the Late Cretaceous of southern Italy. Royal Society Open Science 5:172411:1-27
Parent taxon: Dolichosauridae according to I. Paparella et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Acteosaurus, Adriosaurus, Aphanizocnemus, Coniasaurus, Dolichosaurus, Pontosaurus, Tetrapodophis
Subtaxa: Primitivus manduriensis
Type: Primitivus manduriensis
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Cava, near Castello (Cretaceous of Italy)
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