†Spathorhynchus fossorium Berman 1973 (worm lizard)
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Reptilia - Squamata - Rhineuridae
Full reference: D. S. Berman. 1973. Spathorhynchus fossorium, a middle Eocene amphisbaenian (Reptilia) from Wyoming. Copeia 1973(4):704-721
Belongs to Spathorhynchus according to D. S Berman 1973
Sister taxon: Spathorhynchus natronicus
Type specimen: USNM 26317, a skull. Its type locality is Spathorhynchus fossorium Type Localitiy, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Spathorhynchus fossorium Type Localitiy
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