Species

Potamites ocellatus

Potamites ocellatus · described by (SINITSIN 1930)

Potamites ocellatus

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.

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