Reptilia - Squamata - Crythiosauridae

Alternative spelling: Crythiosaurinae

Full reference: P. E. Vanzolini. 1951. A systematic arrangement of the Family Amphisbaenidae (Sauria). Herpetologica 7(3):113-123

Parent taxon: Amphisbaenia according to O. W. M. Kuhn 1966

See also Vanzolini 1951

Sister taxa: Amphisbaeniformes, Amphisbaenoidea, Chthonophidae, Glyptosaurus walbeckensis, Hodzhakulia, Hyporhinidae, Oligodontosauridae, Polyodontobaenidae, Rhineuroidea

Subtaxa: Crythiosaurus Platyrhachis

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Type: Crythiosaurus

Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Ulaan Khongil (Oligocene of Mongolia)

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