Hyporhina tertia Berman 1972 (worm lizard)

Reptilia - Squamata - Hyporhinidae

Full reference: D. S. Berman. 1972. Hyporhina tertia, new species (Reptilia: Amphisbaenia), from the Early Oligocene (Chadronian) White River Formation of Wyoming. Annals of Carnegie Museum 44(1):1-10

Belongs to Hyporhina according to D. S Berman 1972

Sister taxon: Hyporhina antiqua

Type specimen: CM 17179

Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Cameron Spring (Eocene of Wyoming)

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