Species nomen honors Jim Morrison, vocalist and lizard king.
Full reference: J. J. Head, G. F. Gunnell, P. A. Holroyd, J. H. Hutchison, and R. L. Ciochon. 2013. Giant lizards occupied herbivorous mammalian ecospace during the Paleogene greenhouse in Southeast Asia. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280(1763):1-7
Belongs to Barbaturex according to J. J. Head et al. 2013
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UCMP 142227 (partial right dentary). Its type locality is UCMP V96009, Pondaung Sandstone, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial sandstone/mudstone in the Pondaung Formation of Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Myanmar (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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