Heloderma texana
Extinct species of heloderm lizard
Heloderma texana Temporal range: Early Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Helodermatidae |
Genus: | Heloderma |
Species: | †H. texana |
Binomial name | |
†Heloderma texana Stevens, 1977[1] |
Heloderma texana is an extinct species of heloderm lizard known from Miocene sediments in Big Bend National Park.[2] It is the oldest fossil record of the genus Heloderma in North America.[3]
References
- ^ "†Heloderma texana Stevens 1977 (beaded lizard)". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
- ^ "Digimorph - Heloderma texana (fossil Gila monster)". digimorph.org. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
- ^ Mead, Jim I.; Holte, Sharon; White, Richard S. & McCord, Robert (2015). "Early Pleistocene (Blancan) Helodermatid Lizard from Arizona, USA" (PDF). Journal of Herpetology. 49 (2): 295–301. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
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