Tsagansaurus Alifanov 2018 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata - Necrosauridae

Full reference: V. R. Alifanov. 2018. A New Platynotan Lizard (Parasaniwidae, Anguimorpha) from the Late Paleocene of Southern Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 52(12):1432-1435

Parent taxon: Parasaniwidae according to V. R. Alifanov 2018

Sister taxa: Labrodioctes, Melanosaurinae, Necrosaurinae, Necrosaurus, Proplatynotia, Provaranosaurus, Ekshmer

Subtaxa: Tsagansaurus nemegetensis

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Type: Tsagansaurus nemegetensis

Ecology: carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Tsagan Sair (Paleocene of Mongolia)

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