Alternative spelling: Carussia
Synonym: Carolina Borsuk-Bialynicka 1985 [replaced name]
Full reference: M. Borsuk-Bialynicka. 1987. Carusia, a new name for the Late Cretaceous lizard Carolina Borsuk-Bialynicka, 1985. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 32:151
Parent taxon: Scincoidea according to T. W. Reeder et al. 2015
See also Alifanov 1993, Alifanov 2000, Borsuk-Bialynicka 1985, Borsuk-Bialynicka 1987, Conrad 2004, Conrad 2006, Gao and Hou 1996, Gao and Norell 1998 and Gao and Norell 2000
Sister taxa: Cordylidae, Cordyliformes, Dakotaseps, Dimekodontosaurus, Eoxanta, Estescincosaurus, Feyliniidae, Foliesaurus, Gerrhosauridae, Globaura, Hymenosaurus, Myrmecodaptria, Ornatocephalus, Paramacellodidae, Parmeosaurus, Pyrenasaurus, Scincidae, Scincoideus, Tepexisaurus, Webbsaurus, Xantusiidae
Subtaxa: Carusia intermedia
Type: Carusia intermedia
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (2 collections), Mongolia (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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