Infraorder Amphisbaenia Gray 1844 (worm lizard)

Reptilia - Squamata

Synonyms: Annulata, Annulati

Parent taxon: Squamata according to M. R. Stocker and E. C. Kirk 2016

See also Augé and Rage 2006, Benton 1985, Böhme 2010, Carroll 1988, Cernansky et al. 2015, Cope 1871, Estes 1975, Estes 1983, Estes et al. 1988, Frank and Ramus 1996, Gao and Hou 1996, Gao and Nessov 1998, Georgalis et al. 2016, Head 2005, Kearney 2003, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Lee and Caldwell 2000, Pyron et al. 2013, Quenstedt 1882, Seiffert 1975 and Smith 2006

Sister taxa: Ameivoidea, Anguimorpha, Anhuisaurus, Anomalopsis, Anqingosaurus, Araeoscelomorphi, Ardeosaurus, Asagaolacerta, Bavarisaurus, Changjiangosaurus, Cuencasaurus, Dibamidae, Draconoidea, Eichstaettisaurus, Episquamata, Gekkonomorpha, Hakuseps, Haplodontosaurus, Harpagosaurus excedens, Hongshanxi, Hoyalacerta, Huehuecuetzpalli, Iguana haueri, Iguanomorpha, Jucaraseps, Kuroyuriella, Lacertibaenia, Lacertilia, Liushusaurus, Macrocnemidae, Megachirella, Moqisaurus, Mosasauridae, Mosasauroidea, Oculudentavis, Olindalacerta, Ophidia, Oxiella, Paikasisaurus, Palaeophidae, Paleochelco, Pangekkota, Panscincoidea, Panxantusiidae, Panxenosaurus, Paraplacosauriops, Parasaurillus, Parviraptor, Pseudosaurillus, Pythonomorpha, Sauripes, Scandensia, Scincogekkonomorpha, Scincoidea, Scincomorpha, Scleroglossa, Tedorosaurus, Thalattosauromorphi, Trachelosauridae, Vialorophis, Xestops gracilis, Yabeinosaurus, Yabeinosaurus youngi, Zanclodontidae

Subtaxa: Amphisbaeniformes Amphisbaenoidea Chthonophidae Crythiosauridae Glyptosaurus walbeckensis Hodzhakulia Hyporhinidae Oligodontosauridae Polyodontobaenidae Rhineuroidea

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Ecology: fossorial insectivore

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