Trogonophis darelbeidae Bailon 2000 (worm lizard)

Reptilia - Squamata - Trogonophidae

Full reference: S. Bailon. 2000. Amphibiens et reptiles du Pliocène terminal d’Ahl al Oughlam (Casablanca, Maroc). Geodiversitas 22(4):539-558

Belongs to Trogonophis according to S. Bailon 2000

Sister taxon: Trogonophis wiegmanni

Type specimen: AaO 2117, INSAP, Rabat, Morocco, a mandible (incomplete right dental). Its type locality is Ahl al Oughlam - general, which is in a Pliocene coastal limestone/conglomerate in Morocco.

Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Ahl al Oughlam - general

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