Rhineuridae

Rhineurids Temporal range: Paleocene - Present, 60–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Rhineura floridana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Clade:	Amphisbaenia
Family:	Rhineuridae Vanzolini, 1951
Genera
†Archaerhineura †Dyticonastis †Hadrorhineura †Hyporhina †Jepsibaena †Macrorhineura †Ototriton †Plesiorhineura †Protorhineura Rhineura †Spathorhynchus

†Archaerhineura
†Dyticonastis
†Hadrorhineura
†Hyporhina
†Jepsibaena
†Macrorhineura
†Ototriton
†Plesiorhineura
†Protorhineura
Rhineura
†Spathorhynchus

Rhineuridae is a family of amphisbaenians (commonly called worm lizards) that includes one living genus and species, Rhineura floridana, as well as many extinct species belonging to both Rhineura and several extinct genera. The living R. floridana is found only in Florida no further north than the panhandle, but extinct species ranged across North America, some occurring as far west as Oregon. The family has a fossil record stretching back 60 million years to the Paleocene and was most diverse in the continental interior during the Eocene and Oligocene.