Louisamphisbaena ferox Auge 2012 (worm lizard)

Reptilia - Squamata - Blanidae

Full reference: M. L. Auge. 2012. Amphisbaenians from the European Eocene: a biogeographical review. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 92(4):425-443

Belongs to Louisamphisbaena according to M. L. Auge 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNHN GRI 17494 (incomplete right maxilla). Its type locality is Grisolles, which is in a Bartonian mire/swamp limestone in the Calcaire de Saint-Ouen Formation of France.

Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Grisolles

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