Monocnemodon Nydam 2013 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata

Full reference: R. L. Nydam. 2013. Lizards and snakes from the Cenomanian through Campanian of southern Utah: filling the gap in the fossil record of Squamata from the Late Cretaceous of the Western Interior of North America. At the Top of the Grand Staircase: The Late Cretaceous of Southern Utah 370-423

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

Sister taxa: Apsgnathus, Balnealacerta, Becklesisaurus, Bellairsia, Bothriagenys, Calanguban, Carusiidae, Chromatogenys, Contogeniidae, Cordyloidea, Eoxantidae, Gilmoreteiidae, Globauridae, Hugueneysaurus, Kleskunsaurus, Lonchisaurus, Polyglyphanodontia, Slavoiidae, Chalcidae, Sepsidae

Subtaxa: Monocnemodon syphakos

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Type: Monocnemodon syphakos

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (2: Utah collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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