Estesia Norell et al. 1992 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata

Full reference: M. A. Norell, M. C. McKenna, and M. J. Novacek. 1992. Estesia mongoliensis, a new fossil Varanoid from the Late Cretaceous Barun Goyot Formation of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3045:1-24

Parent taxon: Monstersauria according to H.-Y. Yi and M. A. Norell 2013

See also Alifanov 2000, Gao and Norell 2000 and Norell et al. 1992

Sister taxa: Asprosaurus, Chianghsia, Eurheloderma, Gobiderma, Lowesaurus, Morohasaurus, Palaeosaniwa, Paraderma, Primaderma

Subtaxa: Estesia mongoliensis

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Type: Estesia mongoliensis

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Mongolia (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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