Arpadosaurus sepulchralis Smith and Gauthier 2013 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata - Anguidae

Full reference: K. T. Smith and J. A. Gauthier. 2013. Early Eocene lizards of the Wasatch Formation near Bitter Creek, Wyoming: diversity and paleoenvironment during an interval of global warming. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 54(2):135-230

Belongs to Arpadosaurus according to K. T. Smith and J. A. Gauthier 2013

Sister taxon: Arpadosaurus gazinorum

Type specimen: UCMP 214431 (partial right frontal). Its type locality is Arapahovius Paleofaunule, which is in a Lysitean/Lostcabinian terrestrial horizon in the Wasatch Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Arapahovius Paleofaunule

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