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Dopasia

Osteichthyes - Anguidae

Taxonomy
Dopasia was named by Gray (1853). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Ophisaurus by McDowell and Bogert (1954).

It was assigned to Anguini by Augé (2005); and to Anguidae by Hugues-Alexandre et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Dopasia Gray
2005Dopasia Augé
2013Dopasia Hugues-Alexandre et al. p. 810

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
Anguiformes(Bonaparte 1831)
superfamilyAnguioideaFitzinger 1826
familyAnguidaeGray 1825
subfamilyAnguinaeGray 1825
tribeAnguini
genusDopasiaGray 1853

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. Dopasia Gray 1853
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
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, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Behler and King 1979, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the MP 22 to the top of the Piacenzian or 33.90000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 2233.9 - 27.3France (Midi-Pyrenées) D. sp. (167513 167534)
Vallesian11.63 - 8.725Morocco D. sp. (149240)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Sardinia) D. sp. (230767)