Clade Trogonophidae Gray 1865 (worm lizard)
Reptilia - Squamata - Trogonophidae
Alternative spelling: Trogonophinae
Parent taxon: Amphisbaeniformes according to N. R. Longrich et al. 2015
See also Cope 1871, Cope 1875, Estes 1983, Frank and Ramus 1996, Kearney 2003 and Kuhn 1966
Sister taxa: Amphisbaenidae, Bipedidae, Blanidae, Cadeidae, Todrasaurus
Subtaxa: Palaeoblanus Trogonophis
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
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