Biology:Rhineura
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Short description: Genus of reptile
| Rhineura Temporal range: Miocene – Recent
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| Florida worm lizard (Rhineura floridana) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Rhineuridae |
| Genus: | Rhineura Cope, 1861 |
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Rhineura is a genus of worm lizard endemic to North America. The genus has only one extant species[1][2] but more are known from fossil record.[3] They are also known as the North American worm lizards.[2]
History
This genus has a fossil record dating back to at least the Early Miocene,[4] although if Protorhineura hatcherii is classified as belonging to Rhineura (as it has in the past), the record extends back well into the Oligocene.
While the extant Florida worm lizard is largely restricted to northern Florida, the genus was far more widespread in the past, with the extinct R. marslandensis and R. sepultura known from the Miocene of Nebraska and South Dakota, respectively.[5][6]
References
- ↑ Rhineura at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Rhineura Cope, 1861". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=209634. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ↑ "Rhineura Cope 1861". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. http://fossilworks.org/?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=37982.
- ↑ Longrich, N.R. (2015). "Biogeography of worm lizards (Amphisbaenia) driven by end-Cretaceous mass extinction". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282 (1806): 20143034. doi:10.1098/rspb.2014.3034.
- ↑ Yatkola, D.A. (1976). "Mid-Miocene lizards from western Nebraska". Copeia 1976 (4): 645–654.
- ↑ Holman, J.A. (1979). "A new amphisbaenian of the genus Rhineura from the middle Miocene of South Dakota". Herpetologica 35 (4): 383–386.
Wikidata ☰ Q12901814 entry
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