The world’s largest worm lizard: a new giant trogonophid (Squamata: Amphisbaenia) with extreme dental adaptations from the Eocene of Chambi, Tunisia
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Abstract. We here describe Terastiodontosaurus marcelosanchezi, a new amphisbaenian genus and species from the Eocene of Chambi, Tunisia. Using micro-compu
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Original Title: Palaeontologists have described a new genus and species of amphisbaenian (worm lizard), Terastiodontosaurus marcelosanchezi, from the Eocene of Chambi, Tunisia, estimated to have been the largest of its kind and with a bite force that could crush a wide variety of snails.