Parodaxosaurus Sullivan 1986 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata - Anguidae

Full reference: R. M. Sullivan. 1986. A new fossil anguid lizard Parodaxosaurus sanjuanensis, new genus, new species from the middle Paleocene (Torrejonian) Nacimiento Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 20(1):109-111

Parent taxon: Odaxosaurinae according to R. M. Sullivan 1986

See also Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Parodaxosaurus sanjuanensis

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Type: Parodaxosaurus sanjuanensis

Ecology: insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at West Flank Torreon Wash (NMMNH 312) (Paleocene of New Mexico)

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