Jepsibaena minor Gilmore and Jepsen 1945 (worm lizard)

Reptilia - Squamata - Rhineuridae

Alternative combination: Ototriton minor

Full reference: C. W. Gilmore and G. L. Jepsen. 1945. A new Eocene lizard from Wyoming. Journal of Paleontology 19(1):30-34

Belongs to Jepsibaena according to P. E. Vanzolini 1951

See also Gilmore and Jepsen 1945

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PU 13460, a skull (skull (lacking much of its roof) and articulated lower jaws). Its type locality is Davis Ranch, which is in a Bridgerian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone in the Wind River Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Davis Ranch

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