Rhineuridae is a family[1] of amphisbaenians (commonly called worm lizards) that includes one living genus and species, Rhineura floridana,[2] as well as many extinct species belonging to both Rhineura and several extinct genera. The living R. floridana is found only in Georgia and Florida,[3] but extinct species ranged across North America, some occurring as far west as Oregon. The family has a fossil record stretching back 60 million years to the Paleocene[4] and was most diverse in the continental interior during the Eocene and Oligocene.[5]
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^"Rhineura". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 August 2007.
^"Rhineura floridana". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 August 2007.
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^Hembree, D.I. (2007). "Phylogenetic revision of Rhineuridae (Reptilia: Squamata: Amphisbaenia) from the Eocene to Miocene of North America". The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions. 15: 1–20.
Rhineuridae is a family of amphisbaenians (commonly called worm lizards) that includes one living genus and species, Rhineura floridana, as well as many...
amphisbaenians. The oldest known modern amphisbaenians are members of Rhineuridae and the extinct family Oligodontosauridae from the Paleocene of North...
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amphisbaenians lack. However, more recent studies have placed it within Rhineuridae, a family that includes the living Rhineura floridana from Florida, and...
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