Biology:Heloderma texana

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Heloderma texana
Temporal range: Early Miocene
Heloderma texana holotype.jpg
Scientific classification edit
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]

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