Smithosaurus echzellensis Vasilyan et al. 2022 (squamates)

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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