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Ophisaurus compressus (island glass lizard)

Reptilia - Anguidae

Taxonomy

Ophisaurus compressus was named by Cope (1900). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

O. fejfari, O. gracilis, O. intermedius

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1900	Ophisaurus compressus Cope
1955	Ophisaurus compressus Auffenberg

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
—	Squamata	()
—	Anguimorpha	(Fürbringer 1900)
—	Anguiformes	(Bonaparte 1831)
superfamily	Anguioidea	Fitzinger 1826
family	Anguidae	Gray 1825
subfamily	Anguinae	Gray 1825
tribe	Ophisaurini
genus	Ophisaurus	Daudin 1803
species	compressus	Cope 1900

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.

Ophisaurus compressus Cope 1900 [island glass lizard]

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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Behler and King 1979

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 1.40000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian	1.4 - 0.21	USA (Florida)	Ophisaurus compressus (20400 20402)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (Florida)	Ophisaurus compressus (155346)