†Saurillus obtusus Owen 1855 (squamates)
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Reptilia - Squamata - Paramacellodidae
Belongs to Saurillus according to R. Estes 1983
See also Delair 1958, Hoffstetter 1967, Owen 1861 and Seiffert 1975
Sister taxa: Saurillus henkeli, Saurillus robustidens
Type specimen: BMNH R8135 (neotype [Hoffstetter 1967]), a mandible (right mandible). Its type locality is Feather Bed, Durlston Bay (DB 108), which is in a Berriasian terrestrial horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Portugal (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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