Reptilia - Squamata - Trogonophidae

Full reference: G. L. Georgalis, K. T. Smith, L. Marivaux, A. Herrel, E. M. Essid, H. Khayati Ammar, W. Marzougui, R. Temani, and R. Tabuce. 2024. The world’s largest worm lizard: a new giant trogonophid (Squamata: Amphisbaenia) with extreme dental adaptations from the Eocene of Chambi, Tunisia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202(3)

Parent taxon: Trogonophidae according to G. L. Georgalis et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Palaeoblanus, Trogonophis

Subtaxa: Terastiodontosaurus marcelosanchezi

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Type: Terastiodontosaurus marcelosanchezi

Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Jebel Chambi (Eocene to Eocene of Tunisia)

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