Reptilia - Squamata - Scincidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 37956

Full reference: R. Estes. 1964. Fossil vertebrates from the Late Cretaceous Lance Formation, eastern Wyoming. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 49:1-187

Parent taxon: Scincidae according to R. Estes 1983

Sister taxa: Acontias, Aethesia, Aocnodromeus, Axonoscincus, Ayalasaurus, Berruva, Corucia, Egerniinae, Eugongylus, Feylininae, Gekkomimus, Lygosoma, Lygosominae, Oligosoma, Orthoscincus, Orthrioscincus, Parotosaurus, Penemabuya, Plestiodon, Scincinae, Sphenomorphus, Tiliqua, Verticaria

Subtaxa: none

Type: Sauriscus cooki

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore