†Smithosaurus echzellensis Vasilyan et al. 2022 (squamates)
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Reptilia - Squamata - Anguidae
Full reference: D. Vasilyan, A. Čerňanský, Z. Szyndlar and T. Mörs. 2022. Amphibian and reptilian fauna from the early Miocene of Echzell, Germany. Fossil Record 25(1):99-145
Belongs to Smithosaurus according to D. Vasilyan et al. 2022
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UMJGP 204.749 (parietal). Its type locality is Echzell, which is in an Orleanian terrestrial tuff in Germany.
Ecology: planktonic insectivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Echzell
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