Saniwa edura Smith 2006 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata

Full reference: K. T. Smith. 2006. A diverse new assemblage of late Eocene squamates (Reptilia) from the Chadron Formation of North Dakota, U.S.A. Palaeontologia Electronica 9(2):1-44

Belongs to Saniwa according to K. T. Smith 2006

Sister taxa: Saniwa ensidens, Saniwa orsmaelensis

Type specimen: PTRM 5379, a mandible. Its type locality is Medicine Pole Hills, which is in a Chadronian channel sandstone in the Chadron Formation of North Dakota.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Medicine Pole Hills

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