Sineoamphisbaena

Sineoamphisbaena
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Holotype, Paleozoological Museum of China
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Genus: Sineoamphisbaena
Wu et al., 1993
Species
  • Sineoamphisbaenia hexatabularis, Wu et al., 1993

Sineoamphisbaena is an extinct genus of squamate of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Its fossils have been found in Late Cretaceous deposits in Inner Mongolia, China.[1] It contains a single species, Sineoamphisbaenia hexatabularis.[1]

  1. ^ a b Wu, Xiao-chun; Brinkman, Donald B.; Russell, Anthony P.; Dong, Zhi-ming; Currie, Philip J.; Hou, Lian-hai; Cui, Guf-hai (November 1993). "Oldest known amphisbaenian from the Upper Cretaceous of Chinese Inner Mongolia". Nature. 366 (6450): 57–59. doi:10.1038/366057a0. ISSN 1476-4687. S2CID 4329865.