†Apodops Estes and Wake 1972 (common caecilian)
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Amphibia - Gymnophiona - Caeciliidae
Full reference: R. Estes and M. H. Wake. 1972. The first fossil record of caecilian amphibians. Nature 239:228-231
Parent taxon: Caeciliidae according to R. Estes and M. H. Wake 1972
See also Carroll 1988 and Estes 1981
Sister taxon: Caecilia
Subtaxa: Apodops pricei
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution: found only at Companhia National de Cimento Portland Quarry (Paleocene to Eocene of Brazil)
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