Conicodontosaurus djadochtaensis Gilmore 1943 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata - Teiidae

Full reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1943. Fossil lizards of Mongolia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 81(4):361-384

Belongs to Conicodontosaurus according to K. -Q. Gao and L. -H. Hou 1996

See also Estes 1983 and Gilmore 1943

Sister taxon: Conicodontosaurus kanhsienensis

Type specimen: AMNH 6519, a partial skull (fragmentary skull, parts of both lower jaws and teeth). Its type locality is Shabarakh Usu (AMNH loc. 12049), which is in a Campanian eolian sandstone in the Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (1 collection), Mongolia (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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