Reptilia - Squamata - Leptotyphlopidae

Synonyms: Glauconiidae Boulenger 1890, Stenostomidae Cope 1871

Parent taxon: Scolecophidia according to A. Palci et al. 2013

See also Cope 1875, Frank and Ramus 1996, Gadow 1898, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Peralta and Ferrero 2024, Perrier 1928 and Vidal and Hedges 2002

Sister taxa: Anomalepididae, Typhlopidae, Typhlopoidea, Xerotyphlops

Subtaxa: Epictinae Leptotyphlops

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Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Doll Creek (Quaternary of Argentina)

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