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Pseudopus ahnikoviensis

Reptilia - Anguidae

Taxonomy
Pseudopus ahnikoviensis was named by Klembara (2012). Its type specimen is NMP Pb 02026, a partial skull (a single parietal without posterior portions of supratemporal processes), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Merkur-North, which is in an Orleanian fluvial-lacustrine marl/coal in the Most Formation of Czechia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Pseudopus ahnikoviensis Klembara pp. 855-865 figs. 1; 2; 3A, E, I; 4; 5; 6A-D; 7; 8A, B
2015Pseudopus ahnikoviensis Cernansky et al. p. 107

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
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
genusPseudopus
speciesahnikoviensis

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.

Pseudopus ahnikoviensis Klembara 2012
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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, Behler and King 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MN 2 to the top of the MN 5 or 22.40000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Pseudopus ahnikoviensis (167464)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.98Czechia (Ústí nad Labem) Pseudopus ahnikoviensis (type locality: 48173)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Czechia (Karlovy Vary) Pseudopus ahnikoviensis (138666)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany Pseudopus ahnikoviensis (46955)