Rubricacaecilia monbaroni Evans and Sigogneau-Russell 2001 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Full reference: S. E. Evans and D. Sigogneau-Russell. 2001. A stem-group caecillian (Lissamphibia: Gymnophiona) from the Lower Cretaceous of North Africa. Palaeontology 44(2):259-273

Belongs to Rubricacaecilia according to S. E. Evans and D. Sigogneau-Russell 2001

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MCM 171, a mandible (right pseudodentary). Its type locality is Ksar Met-Lili, Anoual, which is in a Tithonian/Berriasian deltaic sandstone in the Ksar Metlili Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ksar Met-Lili, Anoual

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