Reptilia - Squamata - Anguidae
Full reference: J. Klembara. 2012. A new species of Pseudopus (Squamata, Anguidae) from the early Miocene of Northwest Bohemia (Czech Republic). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(4):854-866
Belongs to Pseudopus according to J. Klembara 2012
See also Cernansky et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Pseudopus apodus, Pseudopus confertus, Pseudopus laurillardi, Pseudopus moguntinus, Pseudopus pannonicus
Type specimen: NMP Pb 02026, a partial skull (a single parietal without posterior portions of supratemporal processes). Its type locality is Merkur-North, which is in an Orleanian fluvial-lacustrine marl/coal in the Most Formation of the Czech Republic.
Ecology: insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Czech Republic (2 collections), Germany (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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