Listromycter

{{Short description|Extinct genus of lizards}}

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| name = Listromycter

| fossil_range = Early Miocene, {{Fossil range|23.03|15.97}}

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| taxon = Listromycter

| authority = Charig and Gans, 1990

| type_species = {{extinct}} Listromycter leakeyi

| type_species_authority = Charig and Gans, 1990

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Listromycter is an extinct genus of worm lizard from the Early Miocene of Kenya, Africa. It had a skull 36mm in size, the largest known for an amphisbaenian.{{cite book |last1=Spawls |first1=Steve |last2=Hinkel |first2=Harald |last3=Howell |first3=Kim |last4=Menegon |first4=Michele |title=Field Guide to East African Reptiles}}

References

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{{cite web |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=83946 |title=†Listromycter Charig and Gans 1990 |work=Paleobiology Database |publisher=Fossilworks |access-date=1 February 2017}}

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  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 232)

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Category:Amphisbaenia

Category:Miocene lepidosaurs

Category:Miocene reptiles of Africa

Category:Fossil taxa described in 1990

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