Rhineura
| Rhineura Temporal range: Miocene – Recent | |
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| Florida worm lizard (Rhineura floridana) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Clade: | Amphisbaenia |
| Family: | Rhineuridae |
| Genus: | Rhineura Cope, 1861 |
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Rhineura is a genus of worm lizard endemic to North America. The genus has only one extant species but more are known from fossil record. They are also known as the North American worm lizards.