Heloderma texana
Extinct species of heloderm lizard
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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]
| Heloderma texana Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Anguimorpha |
| Family: | Helodermatidae |
| Genus: | Heloderma |
| Species: | †H. texana |
| Binomial name | |
| †Heloderma texana Stevens, 1977[1] | |
