Terastiodontosaurus
Extinct genus of trogonophid worm lizard
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Terastiodontosaurus is an extinct genus of trogonophid worm lizard. Its only known species Terastiodontosaurus marcelosanchezi lived in Tunisia during the Lutetian stage of the Eocene epoch.[1]
| Terastiodontosaurus Temporal range: | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Clade: | Amphisbaenia |
| Family: | Trogonophidae |
| Genus: | †Terastiodontosaurus Georgalis et al., 2024 |
| Species: | †T. marcelosanchezi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Terastiodontosaurus marcelosanchezi Georgalis et al., 2024 | |