Reptilia - Squamata - Amphisbaenidae
Alternative combination: Omoiotyphlops gracilis
Full reference: Z. Roček. 1984. Lizards (Reptilia: Sauria) from the Lower Miocene locality Dolnice (Bohemia, Czechoslovakia). Rozpravy Československé Akademie Věd / Řada matematických a přirodních věd 94(1):3-64
Belongs to Blanus according to M. Venczel and E. Stiuca 2008
See also Roček 1984 and Venczel and Sanchíz 2006
Sister taxa: Blanus cinereus, Blanus mendezi, Blanus strauchi, Blanus thomaskelleri, Omoiotyphlops priscus
Type specimen: DP FNSP 3771, a mandible (almost complete right dentary). Its type locality is Dolnice, which is in a MN 4 fluvial-lacustrine siltstone/marl in the Czech Republic.
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Czech Republic (1 collection), Italy (1), Romania (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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