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Heloderma texana

Heloderma texana is an extinct species of heloderm lizard known from Miocene sediments in Big Bend National Park. It is the oldest fossil record of the genus Heloderma in North America.

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Heloderma texana
Temporal range:
Line drawing of type specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Anguimorpha
Family: Helodermatidae
Genus: Heloderma
Species:
†H. texana
Binomial name
†Heloderma texana
Stevens, 19771

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

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  1. "†Heloderma texana Stevens 1977 (beaded lizard)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  2. "Digimorph - Heloderma texana (fossil Gila monster)". digimorph.org. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  3. 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.