Clade Amphisbaenidae Gray 1865 (worm lizard)

Reptilia - Squamata - Amphisbaenidae

Parent taxon: Amphisbaeniformes according to N. R. Longrich et al. 2015

See also Böhme 2008, Böhme 2010, Carroll 1988, Cope 1871, Cope 1875, Estes 1983, Frank and Ramus 1996, Gadow 1898, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Head 2005, Kearney 2003, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, McGrew et al. 1959, Perrier 1928, Seiffert 1975 and Young 1961

Sister taxa: Bipedidae, Blanidae, Cadeidae, Todrasaurus, Trogonophidae

Subtaxa: Amphisbaena Ancyclocranium Anops Baikia Blanus Bronia Campinosaurus Listromycter Lophocranion Rhineurinae

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Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Brazil (2 collections), Spain (7), United States (1: Texas)

• Pliocene of France (1), Morocco (1), Spain (3), Turkey (1)

• Miocene of Austria (3), the Czech Republic (3), France (1), Germany (3), Italy (1), Kenya (3), Morocco (1), Romania (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (5), Switzerland (1), Turkey (2), Ukraine (3)

• Arikareean of United States (1: South Dakota)

• Oligocene of France (13), Germany (1), United States (2: Florida, South Carolina)

• Eocene to Miocene of France (1)

• Eocene of Belgium (1), Canada (1: Saskatchewan), France (17), Portugal (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Wyoming)

• Paleocene of Belgium (1), France (1), United States (1: North Dakota)

• Cretaceous of Mongolia (1)

Total: 89 collections including 98 occurrences

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