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Crythiosauridae
Taxonomy
Crythiosaurinae was named by Vanzolini (1951) [named as a new subfamily of Amphisbaenidae]. Its type is Crythiosaurus.
It was reranked as the family Crythiosauridae by Kuhn (1966).
It was assigned to Amphisbaenidae by Vanzolini (1951); and to Amphisbaenia by Kuhn (1966).
It was reranked as the family Crythiosauridae by Kuhn (1966).
It was assigned to Amphisbaenidae by Vanzolini (1951); and to Amphisbaenia by Kuhn (1966).
Subtaxa
Crythiosaurus (type genus), Platyrhachis
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Pianka and Vitt 2003 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 28.40000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Oligocene | Mongolia (Övörkhangai) | Crythiosaurus mongoliensis (53978) |