Reptilia - Squamata - Dolichosauridae

Full reference: D. M. Martill, H. Tischlinger, and N. R. Longrich. 2015. A four-legged snake from the Early Cretaceous of Gondwana. Science 349:416-419

Parent taxon: Dolichosauridae according to M. W. Caldwell et al. 2021

See also Martill et al. 2015 and Paparella et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Acteosaurus, Adriosaurus, Aphanizocnemus, Coniasaurus, Dolichosaurus, Pontosaurus, Primitivus

Subtaxa: Tetrapodophis amplectus

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Type: Tetrapodophis amplectus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Nova Olinda quarries (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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