Family Blanidae Kearney 2003 (worm lizard)

Reptilia - Squamata - Blanidae

Parent taxon: Amphisbaeniformes according to N. R. Longrich et al. 2015

See also Blain et al. 2007, Cernansky et al. 2015, Kearney 2003 and Venczel and Stiuca 2008

Sister taxa: Amphisbaenidae, Bipedidae, Cadeidae, Todrasaurus, Trogonophidae

Subtaxa: Blanosaurus Cuvieribaena Louisamphisbaena

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Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of France (3 collections), Germany (2)

• Eocene of Belgium (1), France (11), Spain (2)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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