Meniscognathus Estes 1964 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata - Chamopsiidae

Full reference: R. Estes. 1964. Fossil vertebrates from the Late Cretaceous Lance Formation, eastern Wyoming. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 49:1-187

Parent taxon: Chamopsiidae according to N. R. Longrich et al. 2012

See also Carroll 1988, Denton and O'Neill 1995, Estes 1964, Estes 1983, Gao and Fox 1991, Gao and Fox 1996, Nydam et al. 2010 and Nydam and Voci 2007

Sister taxa: Chamops, Haptosphenus, Leptochamops, Pelsochamops, Peneteius, Prototeius, Socognathus, Stypodontosaurus, Tripennaculus

Subtaxa: Meniscognathus altmani Meniscognathus molybrochoros

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Type: Meniscognathus altmani

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Saskatchewan collections), United States (11: Montana, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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