Potamites ocellatus
Potamites ocellatus · described by (SINITSIN 1930)

Fossil specimen.
Photo: Chávez, G., Malqui, J., & Catenazzi, A. (2021). A new riparian Andean Potamites (Reptilia, Squamata, Gymnophtalmidae) from El Sira Mountains, central Peru, with comments on P. ecpleopus Cope 1875, and on the taxonomy and biogeography of Potamites. European Journal of Taxonomy, 760(1), 136-159., CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The facts
- Scientific name
- Potamites ocellatus
- First described
- (SINITSIN 1930)
- Class
- Reptiles (Reptilia)
- Order
- Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
- Group
- Lizards (Sauria)
- Family
- Gymnophthalmidae
- Genus
- Potamites
Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.
