†Exostinus serratus Cope 1873 (squamates)
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Reptilia - Squamata - Xenosauridae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1873. Synopsis of new Vertebrata from the Tertiary of Colorado obtained during the summer of 1873. Seventh Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories (extract)
Belongs to Exostinus according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Cope 1873, Galbreath 1953, Gilmore 1928 and Hay 1902
Sister taxon: Exostinus lancensis
Type specimen: AMNH 1608, a partial skull (a frontal, dentary with teeth, and a lower temporal bar). Its type locality is Cedar Creek, which is in an Orellan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of Colorado.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cedar Creek
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