Reptilia - Squamata - Anguidae
Full reference: J. A. Holman. 1970. Herpetofauna of the Wood Mountain Formation (Upper Miocene) of Saskatchewan. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 7:1317-1325
Belongs to Ophisaurus according to J. A. Holman 1970
Sister taxa: Ophisaurus acuminatus, Ophisaurus apodus, Ophisaurus attenuatus, Ophisaurus compressus, Ophisaurus feifari, Ophisaurus harti, Ophisaurus holeci, Ophisaurus koellikeri, Ophisaurus robustus, Ophisaurus roqueprunensis, Ophisaurus spinari, Ophisaurus ventralis
Type specimen: ROM 7705, a set of vertebrae (single body vertebra). Its type locality is Kleinfelder Farm, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Wood Mountain Formation of Canada.
Ecology: insectivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Kleinfelder Farm
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