Reptilia - Squamata - Polyglyphanodontidae
Full reference: X. -C. Wu, D. B. Brinkman, A. P. Russell, Z. Dong, P. J. Currie, L. Hou, and G. Cul. 1993. Oldest known amphisbaenian from the upper Cretaceous of Chinese Inner Mongolia. Nature 366:57-59
Parent taxon: Polyglyphanodontinae according to L. Xu et al. 2014
See also Gao and Hou 1996, Kearney 2003, Lee and Caldwell 2000, Wu et al. 1993 and Wu et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Adamisaurus, Bicuspidon, Cherminsaurus, Darchansaurus, Distortodon, Erdenetesaurus, Gilmoreteius, Gobinatus, Paraglyphanodon, Polyglyphanodon, Polyglyphanodontini, Tchingisaurus, Tuberocephalosaurinae
Subtaxa: Sineoamphisbaena hexatabularis
Type: Sineoamphisbaena hexatabularis
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at North Canyon area, (Bayan Mandahu) [SCDP surface collections] (Cretaceous of China)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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