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Pseudopus (legless lizard)

Reptilia - Anguidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Pseudopus Merrem p. 78
1987Pseudopus Sullivan p. 131
2005Pseudopus Augé
2010Pseudopus Böhme p. 24
2012Pseudopus Klembara p. 855
2015Pseudopus Cernansky et al. p. 106
2020Pseudopus Villa et al.
2024Pseudopus Georgalis et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
—Anguiformes(Bonaparte 1831)
superfamilyAnguioideaFitzinger 1826
familyAnguidaeGray 1825
subfamilyAnguinaeGray 1825
genusPseudopus

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.

G. Pseudopus Merrem 1820 [legless lizard]
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†Pseudopus ahnikoviensis Klembara 2012
Pseudopus apodus Pallas 1775 [European glass lizard]
†Pseudopus confertus Klembara and Rummel 2018
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Invalid names: Pseudopus rugosus Klembara 2015 [replaced]
†Pseudopus laurillardi Lartet 1851
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Invalid names: Propseudopus fraasii Hilgendorf 1883 [synonym]
†Pseudopus moguntinus Boettger 1875
†Pseudopus pannonicus Kormos 1911
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Created: 2005-09-05 19:41:37
Modified: 2005-09-23 16:25:38
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Behler and King 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MP 30 to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 27.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma

Collections (97 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (Hessen) Pseudopus moguntinus (179239)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westfalia) Pseudopus heymanni, Pseudopus moguntinus (84606)
MN 123.04 - 22.4Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Pseudopus sp. (69617)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Pseudopus sp., Pseudopus ahnikoviensis (167464)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Serbia (Serbia) Pseudopus sp. (199780 199781 199782)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.98Czechia (Moravia) Pseudopus sp. (190142 200140)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.98Czechia (Ústí nad Labem) Pseudopus ahnikoviensis, Pseudopus rugosus (48173)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Czechia (Karlovy Vary) Pseudopus sp., Pseudopus ahnikoviensis (138666)
MN 416.9 - 15.98France (Midi-Pyrenees) Pseudopus laurillardi (136919)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Germany (Bavaria) Pseudopus laurillardi (28629 159022 174116 174117)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Pseudopus laurillardi (34615 134954 135038)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Spain (Catalonia) Pseudopus sp. (180192)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Austria Pseudopus fraasi (174067)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany Pseudopus sp. 1, Pseudopus ahnikoviensis (46955)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Pseudopus laurillardi (174097 174100 174118) Pseudopus sp. (205187)
MN 5 - MN 615.98 - 12.75Germany (Bavaria) Pseudopus laurillardi (174098)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63France (Midi-Pyrenees) Pseudopus laurillardi (32191)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Slovakia (Bratislava) Pseudopus sp. (69711)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Germany (Bavaria) Pseudopus laurillardi (174119)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Germany (Bavaria) Pseudopus laurillardi (68062) Pseudopus sp., Pseudopus laurillardi (174120)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Hungary (Heves) Pseudopus sp. (168132 168164)
Vallesian11.63 - 8.725Ukraine (Khmel'nitsk'yi) Pseudopus sp., Pseudopus pannonicus (48446)
Vallesian11.63 - 8.725Türkiye (Kütahya) Pseudopus sp. (228011)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Moldova Pseudopus pannonicus (230517)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) Pseudopus pannonicus (206345)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Russian Federation (Adygea) Pseudopus pannonicus (196590 196591)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Hungary (Heves) Pseudopus sp. (168189 168191)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Slovakia (Trnava) Pseudopus sp. (69719)
MN 109.67 - 8.725Moldova (Anenii Noi) Pseudopus pannonicus (60268)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Ukraine (Odessa) Pseudopus sp. (167806)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Ukraine (Dnipropetrovsk) Pseudopus sp. (167941)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Burgenland) Ophisaurus pannonicus, Pseudopus pannonicus (37789)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Ukraine (Odessa) Pseudopus pannonicus (75795)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Italy (Ravenna) Ophisaurus pannonicus (34537 182097 182158 202033 202035)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Central Macedonia) Pseudopus sp. (32189)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Hungary Pseudopus pannonicus (48294 48295 48296)
MN 127.9 - 6.965Ukraine (Odessa) Pseudopus novorossicus (167833) Pseudopus sp. (48175 167995)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Russian Federation (Krasnodar Krai) Pseudopus pannonicus (199746)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Ravenna) Pseudopus sp. (144566)
MN 136.965 - 5.09Ukraine (Mykolaiv) Pseudopus sp. (167997)
MN 136.965 - 5.09Hungary (Central Transdanubia) Pseudopus pannonicus (69917)
MN 136.965 - 5.09Ukraine (Odessa) Pseudopus sp. (167996)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Hungary (North Hungary) Pseudopus pannonicus (136066 136067)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Austria (Lower Austria) Ophisaurus pannonicus (167717)
MN 145.09 - 4.16Ukraine (Odessa) Pseudopus sp. (168005 168006)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Greece Pseudopus sp. (31907)
MN 154.16 - 3.55Poland Ophisaurus pannonicus (33396)
MN 154.16 - 3.55Slovakia (Trenčín) Pseudopus sp. (34255)
MN 154.16 - 3.55Ukraine Pseudopus sp. (50941)
MN 154.16 - 3.55Moldova Pseudopus pannonicus (50935 50936 50938 50940)
MN 154.16 - 3.55Ukraine (Odessa) Pseudopus sp. (168015)
MN 15 - MN 164.16 - 2.245Poland (Siedlce) Ophisaurus pannonicus (34840)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Pseudopus sp. 2, Pseudopus pannonicus (199747 199748)
MN 163.55 - 2.245Ukraine (Odessa) Pseudopus sp. (168020 168021)
MN 163.55 - 2.245Spain (Catalonia) Pseudopus sp., Pseudopus pannonicus (167736)
MN 163.55 - 2.245Poland Ophisaurus pannonicus (33473)
MN 163.55 - 2.245Austria (Lower Austria) Ophisaurus pannonicus (167680)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Italy (Verona) Pseudopus sp. (206747)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Romania (Ilfov) Pseudopus sp. (230700)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Poland Ophisaurus pannonicus (33480)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Greece (Peloponnisos) Pseudopus sp. (34766)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Netherlands (Limburg) Pseudopus sp. (192405)
MN 172.245 - 1.8Italy (Lazio) Pseudopus sp. (49414)
MN 172.245 - 1.8Poland Ophisaurus pannonicus (32485)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Israel Pseudopus sp. (192424 192425)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) Pseudopus sp., Pseudopus apodus (184245)