Todrasaurus gheerbranti Augé and Rage 2006 (worm lizard)

Reptilia - Squamata

Full reference: M. Augé and J.-C. Rage. 2006. Herpetofaunas from the Upper Paleocene and Lower Eocene of Morocco. Annales de Paléontologie 92(3):235-253

Belongs to Todrasaurus according to M. Augé and J.-C. Rage 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USTL THR 407, a mandible (nearly complete left dentary with part of splenial). Its type locality is Adrar Mgorn 1, which is in a Thanetian peritidal limestone in the Jbel Guersif Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Adrar Mgorn 1

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