Crythiosaurus Gilmore 1943 (worm lizard)

Reptilia - Squamata - Crythiosauridae

Parent taxon: Crythiosauridae according to O. W. M. Kuhn 1966

See also Sereno 1986 and Vanzolini 1951

Sister taxon: Platyrhachis

Subtaxa: Crythiosaurus mongoliensis

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Type: Crythiosaurus mongoliensis

Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Ulaan Khongil (Oligocene of Mongolia)

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