Rhineura Cope 1861 (worm lizard)

Reptilia - Squamata - Rhineuridae

Synonyms: Gilmoreia Taylor 1951, Pseudorhineura Vanzolini 1951

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

See also Carroll 1988, Cope 1875, Estes 1983, Frank and Ramus 1996, Galbreath 1953, Gilmore 1938, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hecht 1959, Jiménez-Hidalgo et al. 2015, Kearney 2003, Maddox and Wall 1998, Smith 2006, Taylor 1951, Vanzolini 1951 and Yatkola 1976

Sister taxa: Archaerhineura, Dyticonastis, Hadrorhineura, Jepsibaena, Lestophis, Macrorhineura, Oligorhineura, Ototriton, Plesiorhineura, Protorhineura, Solastella, Spathorhynchus

Subtaxa: Rhineura floridana Rhineura hatcherii Rhineura marslandensis Rhineura sepultura

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Type: Lepidosternum floridana

Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida collections)

• Miocene of United States (4: Nebraska, South Dakota)

• Oligocene of United States (9: Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming)

• Eocene to Oligocene of Mexico (1)

• Eocene of United States (4: Colorado, North Dakota, Wyoming)

Total: 20 collections including 25 occurrences

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