†Crythiosaurus mongoliensis Gilmore 1943 (worm lizard)
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Reptilia - Squamata - Crythiosauridae
Full reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1943. Fossil lizards of Mongolia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 81(4):361-384
Belongs to Crythiosaurus according to C. W. Gilmore 1943
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH 6629, a partial skeleton (imperfect skull, posterior portions of both rami, and two cervical vertebrae). Its type locality is Ulaan Khongil, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial gravel in the Hsanda Gol Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Ulaan Khongil
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