Full reference: M. Kearney. 2003. Systematics of the Amphisbaenia (Lepidosauria: Squamata) based on morphological evidence from Recent and fossil forms. Herpetological Monographs 17:1-74
Parent taxon: Amphisbaenia according to M. R. Stocker and E. C. Kirk 2016
See also Kearney 2003
Sister taxa: Amphisbaeniformes, Amphisbaenoidea, Chthonophidae, Crythiosauridae, Hodzhakulia, Hyporhinidae, Oligodontosauridae, Polyodontobaenidae
Subtaxa: Aulura Rhineuridae
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida collections)
• Miocene of United States (4: Nebraska, South Dakota)
• Arikareean of United States (2: Florida, Oregon)
• Oligocene of United States (14: Colorado, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Mexico (1)
• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (14: California, Colorado, North Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of United States (3: New Mexico, Wyoming)
Total: 41 collections including 48 occurrences