Oculudentavis khaungraae Xing et al. 2020 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata

Full reference: L. Xing, J. K. O'Connor, L. Schmitz, L. M. Chiappe, R. C. McKellar, Q. Yi, and G. Li. 2020. Hummingbird-sized dinosaur from the Cretaceous period of Myanmar. Nature 579:245-249

Belongs to Oculudentavis according to L. Xing et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: HPG-15-3, a skull. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Angbamo (Dexu Institute of Palaeontology), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Angbamo (Dexu Institute of Palaeontology)

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