†Rhineura sepultura Holman 1979 (worm lizard)
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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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