Entomophontes Smith and Gauthier 2013 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata

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

Parent taxon: Anguimorpha according to K. T. Smith and J. A. Gauthier 2013

Sister taxa: Anguiformes, Barlochersaurus, Carusioidea, Chometokadmon, Hodzhakuliidae, Merkurosaurus, Monstersauria, Necrosauridae, Palaeovaranidae, Paravaranidae, Restes, Varaniformes, Xenosauridae

Subtaxa: Entomophontes hutchisoni Entomophontes incrustatus

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Type: Entomophontes incrustatus

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (6: Wyoming collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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