Listromycter

Listromycter
Temporal range: Early Miocene, 23.03–15.97 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference fossilworks was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Spawls, Steve; Hinkel, Harald; Howell, Kim; Menegon, Michele. Field Guide to East African Reptiles.