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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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