Reptilia - Squamata - Rhineuridae
Parent taxon: Rhineuroidea according to M. R. Stocker and E. C. Kirk 2016
See also Berman 1973, Carroll 1988, Estes 1983, Frank and Ramus 1996, Kearney 2003, Longrich et al. 2015 and Smith 2006
Sister taxon: Aulura
Subtaxa: Archaerhineura Dyticonastis Hadrorhineura Jepsibaena Lestophis Macrorhineura Oligorhineura Ototriton Plesiorhineura Protorhineura Rhineura Solastella Spathorhynchus
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida collections)
• Miocene of United States (4: Nebraska, South Dakota)
• Arikareean of United States (2: Florida, Oregon)
• Oligocene of United States (14: Colorado, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Mexico (1)
• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (14: California, Colorado, North Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of United States (3: New Mexico, Wyoming)
Total: 41 collections including 48 occurrences