†Camptognathosaurus walbeckensis Kuhn 1940 (worm lizard)

Reptilia - Squamata - Polyodontobaenidae

Alternative combination: Glyptosaurus walbeckensis

Synonym: Camptognathosaurus parisiensis Folie et al. 2013

Belongs to Camptognathosaurus according to A. Čerňanský and D. Vasilyan 2024

See also Augé 2005, Čerňanský et al. 2020 and Folie et al. 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Camptognathosaurus walbeckensis: MLU.GeoS.4045, a mandible. Its type locality is Walbeck (Weferlingen), which is in a Selandian fissure fill sandstone/mudstone in Germany.
  • Camptognathosaurus parisiensis: RIV PP 413, a mandible (Nearly complete right dentary). Its type locality is Petit Pâtis, Rivecourt, which is in a Paleocene fluvial-lacustrine lignite in France.

Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of France (3 collections), Germany (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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