†Listromycter Charig and Gans 1990 (worm lizard)
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Reptilia - Squamata - Amphisbaenidae
Full reference: A. J. Charig and C. Gans. 1990. Two new amphisbaenians from the Lower Miocene of Kenya. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 46(1):19-36
Parent taxon: Amphisbaenidae according to N. R. Longrich et al. 2015
See also Charig and Gans 1990
Sister taxa: Amphisbaena, Ancyclocranium, Anops, Baikia, Blanus, Bronia, Campinosaurus, Lophocranion, Rhineurinae
Subtaxa: Listromycter leakeyi
Type: Listromycter leakeyi
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Rusinga Island amphisbaenian locality (Miocene of Kenya)
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