Reptilia - Squamata - Rhineuridae

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1871. Description of some new fossil serpents, from the Tertiary deposits of Wyoming. The American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 1(5):322-329

Belongs to Limnophis according to C. King 1878

See also Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Marsh 1871 and Marsh 1885

Sister taxa: Lestophis anceps, Lestophis crassus

Type specimen: YPM 531, a set of vertebrae (single cervical vertebra). Its type locality is Marsh's Fork (Lower Bridger), which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Limnophis crassus in the database

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