Biology:Heloderma texana
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Short description: Extinct species of heloderm lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Helodermatidae |
| Genus: | Heloderma |
| Species: | †H. texana
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| †Heloderma texana Stevens, 1977[1]
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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) at fossilworks.org (retrieved 2023-05-02)
- ↑ "Digimorph - Heloderma texana (fossil Gila monster)". http://digimorph.org/specimens/Heloderma_texana/.
- ↑ Mead, Jim I.; Holte, Sharon; White, Richard S.; McCord, Robert (2015). "Early Pleistocene (Blancan) Helodermatid Lizard from Arizona, USA". Journal of Herpetology 49 (2): 295–301. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Richard_White/publication/281043568_Early_Pleistocene_Blancan_Helodermatid_Lizard_from_Arizona_USA/links/576da05508ae842225a40a22/Early-Pleistocene-Blancan-Helodermatid-Lizard-from-Arizona-USA.pdf. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
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