Stenoplacosaurus
Stenoplacosaurus is an extinct genus of glyptosaurine anguid lizards from the Eocene of Inner Mongolia, China. The genus is monotypic, containing only the species Stenoplacosaurus mongoliensis.
| Stenoplacosaurus Temporal range: Eocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Subfamily: | †Glyptosaurinae |
| Genus: | †Stenoplacosaurus Sullivan and Dong, 2018 |
| Type species | |
| †Helodermoides mongoliensis Sullivan, 1979 | |
Taxonomy
Stenoplacosaurus was originally named Helodermoides mongoliensis by Sullivan (1979) for remains found in the Shara Murun Formation of Nei Mongol in Inner Mongolia, China.[1] In their redescription of Placosaurus, Sullivan and Auge (2006) transferred H. mongoliensis to Placosaurus, as P. mongoliensis.[2] However, Sullivan and Dong (2018) found it to be generically distinct from the Placosaurus type species and renamed it Stenoplacosaurus.[3]
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References
- R. M. Sullivan. 1979. Revision of the Paleogene genus Glyptosaurus (Reptilia, Anguidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 163(1):1-72
- R. M. Sullivan and M. Augé. 2006. Redescription of the holotype of Placosaurus rugosus gervais 1848–1852 (Squamata, Anguidae, Glyptosaurinae) from the Eocene of France and a revision of the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(1):127-132.
- Sullivan and Dong, 2018. Stenoplacosaurus mongoliensis, a new generic name for “Placosaurus” mongoliensis (Anguidae, Glyptosaurinae) from the Shara Murun Formation, Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia), China. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science 79: 691-694.
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