Lestophis anceps Marsh 1871 (worm lizard)

Reptilia - Squamata - Rhineuridae

Alternative combinations: Glyptosaurus anceps, Ototriton anceps

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1871. A communication on some new reptiles and fishes from the Cretaceous and Tertiary formations. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1871:103-105

Belongs to Lestophis according to C. W. Gilmore 1938

See also Gilmore 1928, Hay 1902, Hay 1930 and Marsh 1871

Sister taxa: Lestophis crassus, Limnophis crassus

Type specimen: YPM 520 (vertebra)

Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Grizzly Buttes (Eocene of Wyoming)

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