Reptilia - Squamata - Iguanidae
Full reference: K. -Q. Gao and L. -H. Hou. 1995. Iguanians from the Upper Cretaceous Djadochta Formation, Gobi Desert, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(1):57-78
Belongs to Xihaina according to K. -Q. Gao and L. -H. Hou 1996
See also Gao and Hou 1995
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IVPP V10030, a partial skeleton (incomplete skeleton with disarticulated skull elements and mandible, vertebral column (15 dorsals + 2 sacrals + 2.5 caudals), nearly complete pelvis, and a righ). Its type locality is SCDP surface collections, Bayan Mandahu/near Bayan Mandahu, which is in a Campanian eolian sandstone/mudstone in the Djadokhta Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution: found only at SCDP surface collections, Bayan Mandahu/near Bayan Mandahu
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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