Full reference: R. L. Nydam, T. B. Rowe, and R. L. Cifelli. 2013. Lizards and snakes of the Terlingua local fauna (Late Campanian), Aguja Formation, Texas, with comments on the distribution of paracontemporaneous squamates throughout the Western Interior of North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(5):1081-1099
Parent taxon: Scincomorpha according to R. L. Nydam et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Balnealacerta, Becklesisaurus, Bellairsia, Bothriagenys, Calanguban, Carusiidae, Chromatogenys, Contogeniidae, Cordyloidea, Eoxantidae, Gilmoreteiidae, Globauridae, Hugueneysaurus, Kleskunsaurus, Lonchisaurus, Monocnemodon, Polyglyphanodontia, Slavoiidae, Sepsidae, Chalcidae
Subtaxa: Apsgnathus triptodon
Type: Apsgnathus triptodon
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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