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Taxonomy
Pseudopus was named by Merrem (1820) [original spelling: Psevdopvs]. It is extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Ophisaurus by McDowell and Bogert (1954).
It was assigned to Anguini by Augé (2005); to Anguidae by Böhme (2010); and to Anguinae by Sullivan (1987), Klembara (2012), Cernansky et al. (2015), Villa et al. (2020) and Georgalis et al. (2024).
It was synonymized subjectively with Ophisaurus by McDowell and Bogert (1954).
It was assigned to Anguini by Augé (2005); to Anguidae by Böhme (2010); and to Anguinae by Sullivan (1987), Klembara (2012), Cernansky et al. (2015), Villa et al. (2020) and Georgalis et al. (2024).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1820 | Pseudopus Merrem p. 78 |
1987 | Pseudopus Sullivan p. 131 |
2005 | Pseudopus Augé |
2010 | Pseudopus Böhme p. 24 |
2012 | Pseudopus Klembara p. 855 |
2015 | Pseudopus Cernansky et al. p. 106 |
2020 | Pseudopus Villa et al. |
2024 | Pseudopus Georgalis 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.
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
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References: Behler and King 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MP 30 to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 28.40000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Collections (97 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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MP 30 | Germany (North Rhine-Westfalia) | Pseudopus heymanni, Pseudopus moguntinus (84606) | |
MP 30 | Germany (Hessen) | Pseudopus moguntinus (179239) | |
MN 1 | Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) | Pseudopus sp. (69617) | |
MN 2 | Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) | Pseudopus sp., Pseudopus ahnikoviensis (167464) | |
Burdigalian | Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) | Pseudopus sp. (199780 199781 199782) | |
Orleanian | Czech Republic (Moravia) | Pseudopus sp. (190142 200140) | |
Orleanian | Czech Republic (Ústí nad Labem) | Pseudopus ahnikoviensis, Pseudopus rugosus (48173) | |
MN 4 | Czech Republic (Karlovy Vary) | Pseudopus sp., Pseudopus ahnikoviensis (138666) | |
MN 4 | France (Midi-Pyrenees) | Pseudopus laurillardi (136919) | |
MN 4 | Germany (Bavaria) | Pseudopus laurillardi (28629 159022 174116 174117) | |
Langhian | Germany (Bavaria) | Pseudopus laurillardi (34615 134954 135038) | |
Langhian | Spain (Catalonia) | Pseudopus sp. (180192) | |
MN 5 | Austria | Pseudopus fraasi (174067) | |
MN 5 | Germany | Pseudopus sp. 1, Pseudopus ahnikoviensis (46955) | |
MN 5 | Germany (Bavaria) | Pseudopus laurillardi (174097 174100 174118) Pseudopus sp. (205187) | |
MN 5 - MN 6 | Germany (Bavaria) | Pseudopus laurillardi (174098) | |
Langhian - Serravallian | France (Midi-Pyrenees) | Pseudopus laurillardi (32191) | |
MN 6 | Germany (Bavaria) | Pseudopus laurillardi (174119) | |
MN 6 | Slovakia (Bratislava) | Pseudopus sp. (69711) | |
MN 7 + 8 | Germany (Bavaria) | Pseudopus laurillardi (68062) Pseudopus sp., Pseudopus laurillardi (174120) | |
MN 7 + 8 | Hungary (Heves) | Pseudopus sp. (168132 168164) | |
Tortonian | Moldova | Pseudopus pannonicus (230517) | |
Tortonian | Germany (Bavaria) | Pseudopus pannonicus (206345) | |
Vallesian | Turkey (Kütahya) | Pseudopus sp. (228011) | |
Vallesian | Ukraine (Khmel'nitsk'yi) | Pseudopus sp., Pseudopus pannonicus (48446) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Russian Federation (Adygea) | Pseudopus pannonicus (196590 196591) | |
MN 9 | Hungary (Heves) | Pseudopus sp. (168189 168191) | |
MN 9 | Slovakia (Trnava) | Pseudopus sp. (69719) | |
MN 10 | Moldova (Anenii Noi) | Pseudopus pannonicus (60268) | |
MN 11 | Ukraine (Dnipropetrovsk) | Pseudopus sp. (167941) | |
MN 11 | Ukraine (Odessa) | Pseudopus sp. (167806) | |
MN 11 | Austria (Burgenland) | Ophisaurus pannonicus, Pseudopus pannonicus (37789) | |
Turolian | Hungary | Pseudopus pannonicus (48294 48295 48296) | |
Turolian | Greece (Central Macedonia) | Pseudopus sp. (32189) | |
Turolian | Ukraine (Odessa) | Pseudopus pannonicus (75795) | |
Turolian | Italy (Ravenna) | Ophisaurus pannonicus (34537 182097 182158 202033 202035) | |
MN 12 | Ukraine (Odessa) | Pseudopus novorossicus (167833) Pseudopus sp. (48175 167995) | |
Messinian | Russian Federation (Krasnodar Krai) | Pseudopus pannonicus (199746) | |
Messinian | Italy (Ravenna) | Pseudopus sp. (144566) | |
MN 13 | Ukraine (Mykolaiv) | Pseudopus sp. (167997) | |
MN 13 | Hungary (Central Transdanubia) | Pseudopus pannonicus (69917) | |
MN 13 | Ukraine (Odessa) | Pseudopus sp. (167996) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | Hungary (North Hungary) | Pseudopus pannonicus (136066 136067) | |
Ruscinian | Greece | Pseudopus sp. (31907) | |
Pliocene | Austria (Lower Austria) | Ophisaurus pannonicus (167717) | |
MN 14 | Ukraine (Odessa) | Pseudopus sp. (168005 168006) | |
MN 15 | Slovakia (Trenčín) | Pseudopus sp. (34255) | |
MN 15 | Moldova | Pseudopus pannonicus (50935 50936 50938 50940) Pseudopus sp. (50941) | |
MN 15 | Ukraine (Odessa) | Pseudopus sp. (168015) | |
MN 15 | Poland | Ophisaurus pannonicus (33396) | |
MN 15 - MN 16 | Poland (Siedlce) | Ophisaurus pannonicus (34840) | |
Piacenzian | Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) | Pseudopus sp. 2, Pseudopus pannonicus (199747 199748) | |
MN 16 | Austria (Lower Austria) | Ophisaurus pannonicus (167680) | |
MN 16 | Ukraine (Odessa) | Pseudopus sp. (168020 168021) | |
MN 16 | Poland | Ophisaurus pannonicus (33473) | |
MN 16 | Spain (Catalonia) | Pseudopus sp., Pseudopus pannonicus (167736) | |
Villanyian | Italy (Verona) | Pseudopus sp. (206747) | |
MN 17 | Poland | Ophisaurus pannonicus (32485) | |
MN 17 | Italy (Lazio) | Pseudopus sp. (49414) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Romania (Ilfov) | Pseudopus sp. (230700) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Netherlands (Limburg) | Pseudopus sp. (192405) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Greece (Peloponnisos) | Pseudopus sp. (34766) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Poland | Ophisaurus pannonicus (33480) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Israel | Pseudopus sp. (192424 192425) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Peloponnesus) | Pseudopus sp., Pseudopus apodus (184245) |