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. 2020 Apr 17;8:e8846. doi: 10.7717/peerj.8846

Table 2. Squamate faunas of select Late Campanian geologic units in the Western Interior of North America.

Geologic units arranged in descending order of geographic location, from North to South.

Formation Identified Scincomorpha Identified Anguimorpha Identified Serpentes
Wapiti (Nydam, Caldwell & Fanti, 2010)—Central Alberta Scincomorpha None reported None reported
Borioteiioidea
Chamopsiidae
- Socognathus unicuspis
Scincomorpha indet.
- Kleskunsaurus grandeprairiensis
Dinosaur Park (Listed as Oldman Formation in (Gao & Fox, 1996)—Southern Alberta Scincomorpha Anguimorpha None reported
Borioteiioidea Xenosauridae
Chamopsiidae -?Exostinus sp.
- Chamops sp. Anguidae
-Leptochamops -Odaxosaurus priscus
-Socognathus Platynota
Scincidae -Parasaniwa n. sp.
-Orthrioscincus -c.f. P. wyomingensis
?Cordylidae Helodermatidae
Incertae sedis -Labriodectes
-Glyptogenys Varanidae
-Sphenosiagon -Palaeosaniwa
-Gerontoseps
Kaiparowits (Nydam, Eaton & Sankey, 2007; Nydam & Voci, 2007; Nydam, 2013a)—Southern Utah Scincomorpha Anguimorpha Serpentes
Borioteiioidea Anguidae Alethenophidia
-Peneteius saueri -Odaxosaurus roosevelti -Coniophis sp.
Chamopsiidae -Odaxosaurus priscus
-Meniscognathus molybrochoros
-Chamops sp. c.f. C. segnis Xenosauridae
-Leptochamops -?Exostinus
-Tripennaculus eatoni
Contogeniidae Platynota
-Palaeoscincosaurus pharkidodon -Parasaniwa cynochoros
c.f. Scincoidea Kaiparowits Morphotype H-J
Paramacellodid/Cordylid Grade
Kaiparowits Morphotype A-G
Fruitland/Kirtland(Updated with current taxonomic IDs)—Northwest New Mexico Scincomorpha Anguimorpha Serpentes
Borioteiioidea Anguidae. -Serpentes indet.
-Chamopsiidae indet. -Odaxosaurus sp.
-Anguidae indet.
Scincomorpha indet.
-?Scincidae Platynota
-Platynota indet.
Aguja (Nydam, Rowe & Cifelli, 2013)—Southwestern Texas Scincomorpha Anguimorpha Serpentes
cf. Xantusiidae Anguidae -Serpentes indet.
-Catactegenys solaster -Odaxosaurus piger
-Anguidae indet.
Scincomorpha indet. -aff. Xenosauridae
-Apsgnathus triptodon
-Unnamed scincid-grade taxon Platynota
-aff. Scincomorpha -cf. Parasaniwa wyomingensis
Cerro del Pueblo (Aguillon-Martinez, 2010)—Coahuila, Mexico Scincomorpha Anguimorpha Serpentes
Borioteiioidea Anguidae Alethenophidia
Chamopsiidae -Odaxosaurus new sp. - Coniophis sp.
-Peneteius sp. Platynota
-cf. Parasaniwa wyomingensis
Helodermatidae
-Paraderma cf. P. bogerti
Varanidae
-Palaeosaniwa c.f. P. canadensis