Reptilia - Squamata - Chamopsiidae
Full reference: K. -Q. Gao and R. C. Fox. 1991. New teiid lizards from the Upper Cretaceous Oldman Formation (Judithian) of southeastern Alberta, Canada, with a review of the Cretaceous record of teiids. Annals of Carnegie Museum 60(2):145-162
Parent taxon: Chamopsiidae according to N. R. Longrich et al. 2012
See also Alifanov 1993, Alifanov 2000, Gao and Fox 1991, Gao and Fox 1996, Nydam et al. 2010 and Peng et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Chamops, Haptosphenus, Leptochamops, Meniscognathus, Pelsochamops, Peneteius, Prototeius, Stypodontosaurus, Tripennaculus
Subtaxa: Socognathus brachyodon Socognathus unicuspis
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (7: Alberta collections), United States (2: Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences
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