Heloderma texana
Heloderma texana Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Helodermatidae |
Genus: | Heloderma |
Species: | †H. texana |
Binomial name | |
†Heloderma texana Stevens, 1977 | |
Heloderma texana is an extinct species of heloderm lizard known from Miocene sediments in Big Bend National Park. It is the oldest fossil record of the genus Heloderma in North America.
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