Colpodontosaurus cracens Estes 1964 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata

Full reference: R. Estes. 1964. Fossil vertebrates from the Late Cretaceous Lance Formation, eastern Wyoming. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 49:1-187

Belongs to Colpodontosaurus according to R. Estes 1983

See also Bryant 1989, Estes 1964, Estes and Berberian 1970, Longrich et al. 2012 and Peng et al. 2001

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UCMP 46608, a mandible (incomplete left dentary with three broken bases and 12 vacant alveoli). Its type locality is Lull 2 Quarry (UCMP V-5620), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Lance Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (6: Alberta collections), United States (4: Montana, Wyoming)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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