Ototriton Loomis 1919 (worm lizard)

Reptilia - Squamata - Rhineuridae

Parent taxon: Rhineuridae according to R. Estes 1983

See also Carroll 1988, Hay 1930 and Loomis 1919

Sister taxa: Archaerhineura, Dyticonastis, Hadrorhineura, Jepsibaena, Lestophis, Macrorhineura, Oligorhineura, Plesiorhineura, Protorhineura, Rhineura, Solastella, Spathorhynchus

Subtaxa: Ototriton solidus

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Type: Ototriton solidus

Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Type Locality of Ototriton solidus (Eocene of Wyoming)

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