Trogonophis Kaup 1830 (worm lizard)
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Reptilia - Squamata - Trogonophidae
Full reference: J. Kaup. 1830. Trogonophis, eine neue Amphibiengattung, den Amphisbaenen zunächst verwandt. Isis von Oken 23(9):880-881
Parent taxon: Trogonophidae according to S. Bailon 2000
See also Frank and Ramus 1996
Sister taxon: Palaeoblanus
Subtaxa: Trogonophis darelbeidae Trogonophis wiegmanni
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Ahl al Oughlam - general (Pliocene of Morocco)
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