Reptilia - Squamata - Anguidae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Anguinae according to R. M. Sullivan 1987
See also Augé 2005, Böhme 2008, Carroll 1988, Cirilli et al. 2016, Estes 1983, Frank and Ramus 1996 and McDowell and Bogert 1954
Sister taxa: Anguini, Headonhillia, Ophipseudopus, Ophisaurini, Ophisauriscus, Parophisaurus, Ragesaurus, Smithosaurus
Subtaxa: Anguis fragilis Anguis polgardiensis Anguis rarus Anguis stammeri
Ecology: insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), France (4), Germany (20), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Italy (2), the Netherlands (1), Poland (3), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (6), the United Kingdom (9)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1)
• Pliocene of Greece (1), Hungary (4), Italy (1), Poland (3)
• MN 13 of Hungary (1)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Germany (1), Greece (1), Hungary (7), Italy (2), Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (2), Switzerland (1), Turkey (2), Ukraine (2)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1), France (4), Germany (1)
• Eocene of France (11)
Total: 97 collections including 98 occurrences
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