Reptilia - Squamata - Anguidae
Full reference: E. Douglass. 1903. New vertebrates from the Montana Tertiary. Annals of Carnegie Museum 2(5):145-199
Parent taxon: Glyptosaurinae according to K. T. Smith 2006
See also Carroll 1988, Douglass 1903, Estes 1983, Hay 1930, Maddox and Wall 1998, McDowell and Bogert 1954 and Sullivan 1986
Sister taxa: Arpadosaurus, Diacium quinquepedale, Eoglyptosaurus, Glyptosaurini, Glyptosaurus, Melanosaurini, Melanosaurus, Paraglyptosaurus, Placosaurus, Proxestops, Sullivania, Xestops
Subtaxa: Helodermoides tuberculatus
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (5: Nebraska, Wyoming collections)
• Eocene of United States (28: Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 33 collections including 41 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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