Chamops Marsh 1892 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata - Chamopsiidae

Synonyms: Alethesaurus Gilmore 1928, Lanceosaurus Gilmore 1928

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1892. Notice of new reptiles from the Laramie Formation. American Journal of Science 43:449-453

Parent taxon: Chamopsiidae according to R. L. Nydam et al. 2010

See also Bryant 1989, Carroll 1988, Denton and O'Neill 1995, Estes 1964, Estes 1983, Estes and Berberian 1970, Gao and Fox 1991, Gao and Fox 1996, Gilmore 1928, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Longrich et al. 2012, Marsh 1892, Nydam and Voci 2007 and Waldman 1970

Sister taxa: Haptosphenus, Leptochamops, Meniscognathus, Pelsochamops, Peneteius, Prototeius, Socognathus, Stypodontosaurus, Tripennaculus

Subtaxa: Chamops segnis

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Type: Chamops segnis

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (1: Montana collection)

• Cretaceous of Canada (6: Alberta, Saskatchewan), United States (26: Montana, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 33 collections each including a single occurrence

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