†Rhineura marslandensis Yatkola 1976 (worm lizard)
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Reptilia - Squamata - Rhineuridae
Full reference: D. A. Yatkola. 1976. Mid-Miocene lizards from western Nebraska. Copeia 1976(4):645-654
Belongs to Rhineura according to D. A. Yatkola 1976
Sister taxa: Rhineura floridana, Rhineura hatcherii, Rhineura sepultura
Type specimen: U.W. 4173, a mandible (nearly complete left dentary). Its type locality is Marsland Quarry, which is in a Hemingfordian fluvial horizon in the Runningwater Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Nebraska collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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