Reptilia - Squamata - Paramacellodidae

The genus name is Latinized from the Greek Skiros (gypsum) Sepos (lizard or snake, and a commonly used root for lizard names), gypsum lizard, an allusion to provenance of the holotype, a gypsum mine.

Full reference: C. A. Suarez, J. Frederickson, R. L. Cifelli, J. G. Pittman, R. Nydam, R. K. Hunt-Foster, and K. Morgan. 2021. A new vertebrate fauna from the Lower Cretaceous Holly Creek Formation of the Trinity Group, southwest Arkansas, USA. PeerJ 9(e12242):1-60

Parent taxon: Paramacellodidae according to C. A. Suarez et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Atokasaurus, Becklesius, Hypostylos, Ilekia, Mimobecklesisaurus, Naimanosaurus, Neokotus, Paramacellodus, Saurillodon, Saurillus, Sharovisaurus

Subtaxa: Sciroseps pawhuskai

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Type: Sciroseps pawhuskai

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Weyerhaeuser Briar Plant Quarry [Holly Creek] (Cretaceous of Arkansas)

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