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 49:1-180

Parent taxon: Scincidae according to R. Estes 1983

Sister taxa: Aethesia, Aocnodromeus, Axonoscincus, Ayalasaurus, Berruva, Feylininae, Gekkomimus, Lygosoma, Lygosominae, Orthoscincus, Orthrioscincus, Parotosaurus, Penemabuya, Scincinae, Sphenomorphus, Tiliqua

Subtaxa: none

Type: Sauriscus cooki

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore