Reptilia - Squamata - Carusiidae
Full reference: M. Borsuk-Bialynicka. 1985. Carolinidae, a new family of xenosaurid-like lizards from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 30(3-4):151-176
Belongs to Shinisauroides according to V. R. Alifanov 2000
See also Borsuk-Bialynicka 1985 and Gao and Hou 1996
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: ZPAL MgR-I/58, a partial skull (partial skull and two vertebrae). Its type locality is Nemegt locality (Barun Goyot site), which is in a Campanian/Campanian terrestrial sandstone/sandstone in the Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mongolia (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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