Reptilia - Squamata - Anguidae
Full reference: B. Merrem. 1820. Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien
Parent taxon: Anguinae according to G. Georgalis et al. 2024
See also Augé 2005, Böhme 2010, Cernansky et al. 2015, Klembara 2012, McDowell and Bogert 1954, Sullivan 1987 and Villa et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Anguini, Anguis, Headonhillia, Ophipseudopus, Ophisaurini, Ophisauriscus, Parophisaurus, Ragesaurus, Smithosaurus
Subtaxa: Pseudopus ahnikoviensis Pseudopus apodus Pseudopus confertus Pseudopus laurillardi Pseudopus moguntinus Pseudopus pannonicus
Ecology: insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (2 collections), Israel (2), Italy (1), the Netherlands (1), Poland (2), Romania (1)
• Villafranchian of Italy (1)
• MN 16 of Austria (1), Poland (1), Spain (1), Ukraine (2)
• Pliocene of Armenia (2), Austria (1), Germany (2), Greece (1), Hungary (2), Moldova (4), Poland (2), Slovakia (1), Ukraine (4)
• MN 13 of Hungary (1), Ukraine (2)
• Turolian of Greece (1), Hungary (3), Italy (5), Ukraine (1)
• Miocene of Austria (2), Czechia (4), France (2), Germany (19), Hungary (4), Italy (1), Moldova (2), the Russian Federation (3), Serbia (3), Slovakia (2), Spain (1), Türkiye (1), Ukraine (6)
• Oligocene of Germany (2)
Total: 99 collections including 110 occurrences
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