Rhineura sepultura Holman 1979 (worm lizard)

Reptilia - Squamata - Rhineuridae

Full reference: J. A. Holman. 1979. A new amphisbaenian of the genus Rhineura from the middle Miocene of South Dakota. Herpetologica 35(4):383-386

Belongs to Rhineura according to J. A. Holman 1979

Sister taxa: Rhineura floridana, Rhineura hatcherii, Rhineura marslandensis

Type specimen: SDSM 8200, a mandible (almost complete left dentary). Its type locality is Black Bear Quarry II, which is in a Hemingfordian coarse channel fill conglomerate in the Rosebud Formation of South Dakota.

Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Black Bear Quarry II

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