Parophisaurus mccloskeyi Weems 1999 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata - Anguidae

Full reference: R. E. Weems. 1999. Part 5. Reptile remains from the Fisher/Sullivan site. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 152:101-121

Belongs to Parophisaurus according to R. E. Weems 1999

Sister taxon: Parophisaurus pawneensis

Type specimen: USNM 498662 (left dentary). Its type locality is Fisher/Sullivan Site, which is in a Wasatchian marine horizon in the Nanjemoy Formation of Virginia.

Ecology: insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Fisher/Sullivan Site

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