Reptilia - Squamata - Necrosauridae
Full reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1942. Paleocene faunas of the Polecat Bench Formation, Park County, Wyoming Part II. Lizards. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 85(2):159-167
Parent taxon: Necrosauridae according to R. Estes 1983
See also Carroll 1988, Estes 1976 and Gilmore 1942
Sister taxa: Labrodioctes, Melanosaurinae, Necrosaurinae, Necrosaurus, Proplatynotia
Subtaxa: Provaranosaurus acutus Provaranosaurus fatuus
Type: Provaranosaurus acutus
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (5: New Mexico, Wyoming collections)
• Paleocene of United States (4: Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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