Cherminsaurus tereschenkoi Alifanov 2000 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata - Polyglyphanodontidae

Full reference: V. R. Alifanov. 2000. Macrocephalosaurs and the early evolution of lizards of Central Asia. Transactions of the Palaeontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 272

Belongs to Cherminsaurus according to V. R. Alifanov 2000

Sister taxon: Cherminsaurus kozlowskii

Type specimen: PIN no. 4487/1, a partial skull (preorbital fragments of skull plus lower jaw). Its type locality is Khulsan (PIN coll. 4487) [SMPE], which is in a Campanian/Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution: found only at Khulsan (PIN coll. 4487) [SMPE]

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