Spathorhynchus Berman 1973 (worm lizard)

Reptilia - Squamata - Rhineuridae

Full reference: D. S. Berman. 1973. Spathorhynchus fossorium, a middle Eocene amphisbaenian (Reptilia) from Wyoming. Copeia 1973(4):704-721

Parent taxon: Rhineuridae according to T. W. Reeder et al. 2015

See also Carroll 1988, Estes 1983, Longrich et al. 2015 and Smith 2006

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

Subtaxa: Spathorhynchus fossorium Spathorhynchus natronicus

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Type: Spathorhynchus fossorium

Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (4: North Dakota, Wyoming collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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