Ogmophis pauperrimus Vanzolini 1952 (Mexican burrowing snake)

Reptilia - Squamata - Loxocemidae

Full reference: P. E. Vanzolini. 1952. Fossil snakes and lizards from the Lower Miocene of Florida. Journal of Paleontology 26(3):452-457

Belongs to Ogmophis according to W. Auffenberg 1963

See also Rage 1984 and Vanzolini 1952

Sister taxa: Ogmophis arenarum, Ogmophis compactus, Ogmophis europaeus, Ogmophis kansasensis, Ogmophis miocompactus, Ogmophis oregonensis, Ogmophis parvus, Ogmophis pliocompactus, Ogmophis voorhiesi

Type specimen: MCZ 1976, a set of vertebrae (one dorsal vertebra). Its type locality is Thomas Farm, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Alachua Formation of Florida.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Thomas Farm

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