Reptilia - Squamata

Synonym: Dakotasaurus Nydam 2013 [replaced name]

Full reference: R. L. Nydam. 2014. Dakotaseps gen. nov., a replacement name for the lizard genus Dakotasaurus Nydam 2013, a junior homonym of the ichnotaxon Dakotasaurus Branson and Mehl 1932. Zootaxa 3900(1):150

Parent taxon: Scincoidea according to R. L. Nydam 2013

See also Nydam 2014

Sister taxa: Carusia, Cordylidae, Cordyliformes, Dimekodontosaurus, Eoxanta, Estescincosaurus, Feyliniidae, Foliesaurus, Gerrhosauridae, Globaura, Hymenosaurus, Myrmecodaptria, Ornatocephalus, Paramacellodidae, Parmeosaurus, Pyrenasaurus, Scincidae, Scincoideus, Tepexisaurus, Webbsaurus, Xantusiidae

Subtaxa: Dakotasaurus gillettorum Dakotaseps gillettorum

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Type: Dakotaseps gillettorum

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at MNA 1067, Bulldog Bench (Cretaceous of Utah)

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