Gaultia Smith 2009 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata - Anguidae

Full reference: K. T. Smith. 2009. A new lizard assemblage from the earliest Eocene (zone Wa0) of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, USA: biogeography during the warmest interval of the Cenozoic. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 7(3):299-358

Parent taxon: Glyptosaurini according to K. T. Smith 2009

Sister taxa: Proglyptosaurus, Stenoplacosaurus

Subtaxa: Gaultia silvaticus

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Type: Gaultia silvaticus

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Castle Gardens (Eocene of Wyoming)

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