Reptilia - Squamata - Anguidae
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1872. Preliminary description of new Tertiary reptiles. Part I and Part II. The American Journal of Science, series 3 4(22):298-309
Belongs to Oreosaurus according to O. C. Marsh 1872
See also Hay 1902, Hay 1930 and Meszoely 1970
Sister taxa: Xestops savagei, Xestops vagans, Oreosaurus vagans, Oreosaurus gracilis, Oreosaurus minutus, Oreosaurus lentus
Type specimen: USNM 16528, an other (dermal headscute, dentary fragment and fragmentary vertebra). Its type locality is Henry's Fork, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Henry's Fork
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