Cuvieribaena carlgansi Cernansky et al. 2015 (worm lizard)

Reptilia - Squamata - Blanidae

Full reference: A. Cernansky, M. L. Auge, and J.-C. Rage. 2015. A complete mandible of a new amphisbaenian reptile (Squamata, Amphisbaenia) from the Late Middle Eocene (Bartonian, MP 16) of France. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(1):e902379-1-e902379-9

Belongs to Cuvieribaena according to A. Cernansky et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USTL BRT 1417, a mandible (complete left mandible). Its type locality is Le Bretou, which is in a Bartonian karst phosphorite in France.

Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Le Bretou

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