Terastiodontosaurus

Extinct genus of trogonophid worm lizard From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
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Terastiodontosaurus
Temporal range: Lutetian
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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
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Palaeobiology

Palaeoecology

The extremely thick enamel of Terastiodontosaurus marcelosanchezi indicates that its teeth were capable of withstanding very high stresses, likely indicating that T. marcelosanchezi was durophagous and could crush and consume a wide variety of snails.[2]

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