†Lestophis crassus Marsh 1871 (worm lizard)
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Reptilia - Squamata - Rhineuridae
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1871. Description of some new fossil serpents, from the Tertiary deposits of Wyoming. The American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 1(5):322-329
Belongs to Lestophis according to O. P. Hay 1930
Sister taxa: Lestophis anceps, Limnophis crassus
Type specimen: YPM 531, a set of vertebrae (single cervical vertebra). Its type locality is Marsh's Fork (Lower Bridger), which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Marsh's Fork (Lower Bridger)
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