Listromycter
Appearance
Listromycter Temporal range: Early Miocene,
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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
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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
[edit]- ^ "†Listromycter Charig and Gans 1990". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ Spawls, Steve; Hinkel, Harald; Howell, Kim; Menegon, Michele. Field Guide to East African Reptiles.
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 232)