Baabdasaurus Arnold et al. 2002 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata

Full reference: E. N. Arnold, D. Azar, I. Ineich and A. Nel. 2002. The oldest reptile in amber: a 120 million year old lizard from Lebanon. Journal of Zoology 258:7-10

Parent taxon: Autarchoglossa according to E. N. Arnold et al. 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Baabdasaurus xenurus

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Type: Baabdasaurus xenurus

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Mdeyrij-Hammana (LU collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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