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
Type: Spathorhynchus fossorium
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: North Dakota, Wyoming collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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