Family Caeciliidae Frank and Ramus 1996 (common caecilian)

Amphibia - Gymnophiona - Caeciliidae

Alternative spelling: Caeciliaidae

Full reference: N. Frank and E. Ramus. 1996. A Complete Guide to Scientific and Common Names of Reptiles and Amphibians of the World. 1-377

Parent taxon: Apoda according to H. C. Maddin et al. 2012

See also Carroll 1988, Cope 1875, Estes 1981, Estes and Wake 1972, Frank and Ramus 1996 and Nomenclature 1996

Sister taxa: Dermophiidae, Herpelidae, Ichthyophiidae, Indotyphlidae, Rhinatrematidae, Scolecomorphidae, Siphonopidae, Typhlonectidae

Subtaxa: Apodops Caecilia

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Type: Caecilia

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Companhia National de Cimento Portland Quarry (Paleocene to Eocene of Brazil)

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