Parasaniwa Gilmore 1928 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata

Full reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1928. Fossil lizards of North America. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 22(3):1-201

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

See also Bryant 1989, Carroll 1988, Conrad 2006, Estes 1964, Estes 1983, Estes and Berberian 1970, Gao and Fox 1996, Gilmore 1928, Hay 1930, Hecht 1959 and McDowell and Bogert 1954

Sister taxa: Cemeterius, Colpodontosaurus, Kaganaias, Litakis, Parviderma, Shinisauria, Shinisauridae, Varanoidea

Subtaxa: Parasaniwa cynochoros Parasaniwa wyomingensis

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Type: Parasaniwa wyomingensis

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (8: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), Mexico (1), United States (17: Montana, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 26 collections including 28 occurrences

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