Anguis rarus Klembara and Rummel 2018 (slow worm)

Reptilia - Squamata - Anguidae

Full reference: J. Klembara and M. Rummel. 2018. New material of Ophisaurus, Anguis and Pseudopus (Squamata, Anguidae, Anguinae) from the Miocene of the Czech Republic and Germany and systematic revision and palaeobiogeography of the Cenozoic Anguinae. Geological Magazine 155(1):20-44

Belongs to Anguis according to Klembara and Rummel 2018

Sister taxa: Anguis fragilis, Anguis polgardiensis, Anguis stammeri

Type specimen: NMA-2015-34/2196, a partial skull (parietal). Its type locality is Petersbuch 62, which is in a MN 3 fissure fill limestone in Germany.

Ecology: insectivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Germany (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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