Carusia intermedia Borsuk-Bialynicka 1985 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata

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

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