Sineoamphisbaena hexatabularis Wu et al. 1993 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata - Polyglyphanodontidae

Full reference: X. -C. Wu, D. B. Brinkman, A. P. Russell, Z. Dong, P. J. Currie, L. Hou, and G. Cul. 1993. Oldest known amphisbaenian from the upper Cretaceous of Chinese Inner Mongolia. Nature 366:57-59

Belongs to Sineoamphisbaena according to M. Kearney 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP 10593, a partial skeleton (nearly complete skull and partial skeleton). Its type locality is North Canyon area, (Bayan Mandahu) [SCDP surface collections], which is in a Campanian eolian sandstone in the Djadokhta Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at North Canyon area, (Bayan Mandahu) [SCDP surface collections]

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