Tsagansaurus nemegetensis 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

Belongs to Tsagansaurus according to V. R. Alifanov 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN, no. 4758/1, a maxilla (Right maxilla). Its type locality is Tsagan Sair, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the Naran Bulak Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: planktonic carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Tsagan Sair

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