Reptilia - Squamata - Anguidae
Parent taxon: Gerrhonotidae according to R. Estes 1983
See also Carroll 1988, Cope 1875, Estes 1964, Estes 1976, Estes and Tihen 1964, Frank and Ramus 1996, Kuhn 1966, McDowell and Bogert 1954 and Yatkola 1976
Sister taxa: Abronia, Barissia, Coloptychon, Paragerrhonotus
Subtaxa: Gerrhonotus imbricatus Gerrhonotus liocephalus Gerrhonotus lugoi
Ecology: insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (4: California collections)
• Miocene of United States (12: Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming)
• Eocene of United States (2: Wyoming)
• Clarkforkian of United States (1: Wyoming)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Montana)
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Wyoming)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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