Alternative combination: Carolina intermedia
Full reference: M. Borsuk-Bialynicka. 1985. Carolinidae, a new family of xenosaurid-like lizards from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 30(3-4):151-176
Belongs to Carusia according to K. -Q. Gao and M. A. Norell 1998
See also Borsuk-Bialynicka 1985, Borsuk-Bialynicka 1987, Gao and Hou 1996 and Gao and Norell 2000
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: ZPAL Mg-R-III/34, a partial skull (Almost complete skull with mandibles. Braincase and palate damages, supratemporal arcade missing). Its type locality is Porrit-6, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Conques Formation of Spain.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (2 collections), Mongolia (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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