Ototriton
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ototriton-283-3207641
title:
Ototriton
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Ototriton is an extinct genus of rhineurid amphisbaenian or worm lizard from the Early Eocene of the western United States, including the type and only species Ototriton solidus. Paleontologist F. B. Loomis named Ototriton in 1919 on the basis of a single skull from the Wind River Formation in Wyoming, misinterpreting it as the skull of a salamander. Unlike salamanders and like other rhineurids, Ototriton has a shovel-shaped snout that it presumably used for burrowing underground. Ototriton is o
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encyclopedia
description:
Extinct genus of lizards
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ototriton
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date modified:
2021-10-14T03:22:39Z
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