Listromycter
Extinct genus of lizards
Listromycter Temporal range: Early Miocene, 23.03–15.97 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Amphisbaenidae |
Genus: | †Listromycter Charig and Gans, 1990 |
Type species | |
† Listromycter leakeyi Charig and Gans, 1990 |
Listromycter is an extinct genus of worm lizard from the Early Miocene of Kenya, Africa.[1] It had a skull 36mm in size, the largest known for an amphisbaenian.[2]
References
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 232)
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