Polyodontobaena Folie et al. 2013 (worm lizard)

Reptilia - Squamata - Polyodontobaenidae

Full reference: A. Folie, R. Smith, and T. Smith. 2013. New amphisbaenian lizards from the Early Paleogene of Europe and their implications for the early evolution of modern amphisbaenians. Geologica Belgica 16(4):227-235

Parent taxon: Polyodontobaenidae according to A. Folie et al. 2013

See also Longrich et al. 2015

Sister taxon: Camptognathosaurus

Subtaxa: Polyodontobaena belgica

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Type: Polyodontobaena belgica

Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Hainin well vertebrate fauna (Paleocene of Belgium)

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