Aiolosaurus oriens Gao and Norell 2000 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata

Full reference: K. Gao and M. A. Norell. 2000. Taxonomic composition and systematics of Late Cretaceous lizard assemblages from Ukhaa Tolgod and adjacent localities, Mongolian Gobi Desert. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 249:1-118

Belongs to Aiolosaurus according to K. Gao and M. A. Norell 2000

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IGM 3/171 (MAE 283/93-108), a partial skeleton. Its type locality is First Strike, Ukhaa Tolgod, which is in a Campanian eolian sandstone in the Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at First Strike, Ukhaa Tolgod

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