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Apoda
Taxonomy
Apoda was named by Oppel (1810). It is extant.
It was reranked as the suborder Apoda by Gadow (1898); it was reranked as the superorder Apoda by Gardiner (1982); it was considered an invalid subgroup of Gymnophiona by Dundee (1989); it was reranked as the unranked clade Apoda by Maddin et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Lissamphibia by Gadow (1898); to Lissamphibia by Gardiner (1982); and to Gymnophiona by Gardner (2001) and Maddin et al. (2012).
It was reranked as the suborder Apoda by Gadow (1898); it was reranked as the superorder Apoda by Gardiner (1982); it was considered an invalid subgroup of Gymnophiona by Dundee (1989); it was reranked as the unranked clade Apoda by Maddin et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Lissamphibia by Gadow (1898); to Lissamphibia by Gardiner (1982); and to Gymnophiona by Gardner (2001) and Maddin et al. (2012).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1810 | Apoda Oppel |
1898 | Apoda Gadow p. 14 |
1982 | Apoda Gardiner p. 228 |
2001 | Apoda Gardner p. 334 fig. 8 |
2012 | Apoda Maddin et al. |
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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.
Unr. Apoda Oppel 1810
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Fm. Caeciliidae Gray 1825 [common caecilian]
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Fm. Ichthyophiidae
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G. Ichthyophis Fitzinger 1826 [Asian caecilian]
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Ichthyophis bannanicus Yang 1984 [Mangla county caecilian]
Ichthyophis glutinosus Linnaeus 1758 [Ceylon caecilian]
Fm. Rhinatrematidae
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G. Epicrionops Boulenger 1883 [Beaked caecilians]
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Epicrionops bicolor Boulenger 1883 [Two-colored caecilian]
Epicrionops petersi Taylor 1968 [Peters caecilian]
G. Rhinatrema Dumeril and Bibron 1841 [Two-lined caecilians]
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Rhinatrema bivittatum Guerin-Meneville 1838 [Two-lined caecilian]
Invalid names: Dermophiidae Taylor 1969 [empty], Herpelidae Laurent 1984 [empty], Indotyphlidae Lescure et al. 1986 [empty], Scolecomorphidae [empty], Siphonopidae Bonaparte 1850 [empty], Typhlonectidae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Early/Lower Eocene or 56.00000 to 48.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.6 Ma
Collections (2 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene | Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) | Apodops pricei (77193) | |
Ypresian - Lutetian | Algeria (Bechar region) | Apoda indet. (77014) |