Plesiolacerta Hoffstetter 1942 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata - Lacertidae

Parent taxon: Lacertidae according to R. Estes 1983

See also Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: Acanthodactylus, Algyroides, Amblyolacerta, Archaeolacerta, Cernaycerta, Cryptolacerta, Dormaalisaurus, Dracaenosaurus, Edlartetia, Eremias, Escampcerta, Gallotia, Gallotiinae, Gracilicerta, Lacerta, Mediolacerta, Miolacerta, Podarcis, Psammodromus, Pseudeumeces, Quercycerta, Succinilacerta, Takydromus, Timon, Tropidosaura

Subtaxa: Plesiolacerta eratosthenesi Plesiolacerta lydekkeri

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Type: Plesiolacerta lydekkeri

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Ukraine (1 collection)

• Oligocene of France (1), Germany (2)

• Eocene to Miocene of France (1)

• Eocene of Belgium (1), France (15), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 22 collections including 24 occurrences

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