Reptilia - Squamata - Rhineuridae
Full reference: R. M. Sullivan. 1985. A new middle Paleocene (Torrejonian) rhineurid amphisbaenian, Plesiorhineura tsentasi new genus, new species, from the San Juan Basin, New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 59(6):1481-1485
Parent taxon: Rhineuridae according to N. R. Longrich et al. 2015
See also Carroll 1988 and Sullivan 1985
Sister taxa: Archaerhineura, Dyticonastis, Hadrorhineura, Jepsibaena, Lestophis, Macrorhineura, Oligorhineura, Ototriton, Protorhineura, Rhineura, Solastella, Spathorhynchus
Subtaxa: Plesiorhineura tsentasi
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (2: New Mexico collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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