Reptilia - Squamata - Anguidae
Synonym: Pancelosaurus Meszoely 1970
Full reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1928. Fossil lizards of North America. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 22(3):1-201
Parent taxon: Anguidae according to N. R. Longrich et al. 2012
See also Bryant 1989, Carroll 1988, Estes 1976, Estes 1983, Gao and Fox 1996, Gilmore 1928, Hay 1930, Meszoely 1970, Meszoely et al. 1978, Peng et al. 2001, Sullivan 1986 and Sullivan and Lucas 1996
Sister taxa: Anguinae, Anniellinae, Bainguis, Barisia, Diploglossinae, Elgaria, Gerrhonotinae, Glyptosaurinae, Machaerosaurus, Odaxosaurinae, Ophisauromimus, Rajaurisaurus, Xestops lentus, Xestops microdus, Xestops minutus, Xestops piercei
Subtaxa: Odaxosaurus piger Odaxosaurus priscus Odaxosaurus roosevelti
Type: Odaxosaurus obliquus
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (6: California, Wyoming collections)
• Clarkforkian of United States (1: Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Canada (1: Alberta), United States (10: Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of Canada (14: Alberta, Saskatchewan), Mexico (1), United States (27: Colorado, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 60 collections including 64 occurrences
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