PALAEOSCINCOSAURUS MIDDLETONI, NEW GENUS AND SPECIES (SQUAMATA, QUESTIONABLE-SCINCIDAE) FROM THE EARLY PALEOCENE (PUERCAN) DENVER FORMATION, COLORADO

Authors
SULLIVAN RM LUCAS SG
Citation
Rm. Sullivan et Sg. Lucas, PALAEOSCINCOSAURUS MIDDLETONI, NEW GENUS AND SPECIES (SQUAMATA, QUESTIONABLE-SCINCIDAE) FROM THE EARLY PALEOCENE (PUERCAN) DENVER FORMATION, COLORADO, Journal of vertebrate paleontology, 16(4), 1996, pp. 666-672
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Paleontology
Journal title
Journal of vertebrate paleontology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02724634
Volume
16
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
666 - 672
Database
ISI
SICI code
0272-4634(1996)16:4<666:PMNGAS>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A small squamatofauna from the early Paleocene (Puercan) Denver Format ion includes a new scincomorph lizard, Palaeoscincosaurus middletoni n ew genus and species (?Scincidae), Odaxosaurus piger (Anguidae), an in determinate anguid and other indeterminate lizards. Palaeoscincosaurus middletoni is represented solely by mandibular and maxillary elements that demonstrate its scincomorph affinities. This Puercan squamatofau na departs from other early Paleocene faunas (Puercan and Torrejonian) in being taxonomically less diverse and somewhat unique in com positi on.