Full reference: K. -Q. Gao and R. C. Fox. 1991. New teiid lizards from the Upper Cretaceous Oldman Formation (Judithian) of southeastern Alberta, Canada, with a review of the Cretaceous record of teiids. Annals of Carnegie Museum 60(2):145-162
Belongs to Sphenosiagon according to K. -Q. Gao and R. C. Fox 1991
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UALVP 29742, a mandible (a fragmentary left mandible having splenial firmly articulated with the dentary, and having eight posterior teeth and the base of the last dentary tooth). Its type locality is Irvine microvertebrate site, which is in a Judithian terrestrial horizon in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Canada.
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Alberta collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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