Paraplacosauriops

Paraplacosauriops (near Placosauriops) is an extinct genus of anguid lizards from the middle Eocene of France.

Paraplacosauriops Temporal range: middle Eocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Anguidae
Subfamily:	†Glyptosaurinae
Genus:	†Paraplacosauriops Auge and Sullivan, 2006
Type species
†Paraplacosauriops quercyi Filhol, 1882

Taxonomy

Paraplacosauriops was originally named Plestiodon quercyi by Filhol (1882) on the basis of dentary remains from fissure fill deposits in Quercy, France.^[1] Hoffstetter (1944) referred P. quercyi to the glyptosaurine genus Placosaurus, which is likewise endemic to Europe.^[2] However, Auge and Sullivan (2006) recognized quercyi as belonging to the tribe Melanosaurini and not a Placosaurus-like glyptosaurin, so they erected Paraplacosauriops for P. quercyi.^[3]

Description

Distinguishing features of Paraplacosauriops include a distinguishing heterodont dentition, especially the anterior teeth being extremely slender, pointed and not peg-like.^[3]