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Pseudopus laurillardi

Reptilia - Anguidae

Taxonomy
Anguis laurillardi was named by Lartet (1851). Its type specimen is MNHN Sa 23604, a mandible (Left dentary (neotype, designated by Auge and Rage 2000)), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pseudopus laurillardi by Klembara et al. (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Anguis laurillardi Lartet p. 23
1883Propseudopus fraasii Hilgendorf p. 139
2002Pseudopus fraasi Böhme
2010Pseudopus laurillardi Klembara et al.

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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
specieslaurillardi(Lartet 1851)

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 laurillardi Lartet 1851
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Invalid names: Propseudopus fraasii Hilgendorf 1883 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Klembara et al. 2010Pseudopus laurillardi differs from P. pannonicus and P. apodus in the following characters: (1) anteriormost portion of frontal ornamented shield reaches anterolateral margin of frontal, more posteriorly positioned dorsolateral surface of orbital margin of frontal smooth; (2) lateral margin of frontal straight; (3) sulcus between frontal and frontoparietal shields slightly longer than sulcus between frontal and interfrontal shields; (4) large, laterally extending anterolateral process of parietal table; (5) subdental shelf prominently extending medially and consisting of wide and deep sulcus and massive medial ridge; (6) subdental platform of middle and posterior portion of dentary positioned in mid-height of dentary and teeth dorsally extend only slightly dorsal to crista dorsalis; (7) surrangular process short and ending nearly or completely vertically in large specimens; (8) in internal view, sinus surangularis reaches anteriorly the level of mesiobasal portion of the 2nd tooth from posterior; (9) posterior portion of dentary positioned posterior to the posteriormost tooth short (the length equals the length of two posterior teeth); (10) spina splenialis lies anteriorly to mid-length of dentary in middle sized and large specimens; (11) posterior margin of anterior inferior mandibular foramen formed by splenial.
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: base of the MN 4 to the top of the Serravallian or 16.90000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 416.9 - 15.97Germany (Bavaria) Pseudopus laurillardi (28629 159022 174116 174117)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Midi-Pyrenees) Pseudopus laurillardi (136919)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Pseudopus laurillardi (34615 134954 135038)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Bavaria) Pseudopus laurillardi (174097 174100 174118)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Austria Pseudopus fraasi (174067)
MN 5 - MN 615.97 - 12.75Germany (Bavaria) Pseudopus laurillardi (174098)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France (Midi-Pyrenees) Pseudopus laurillardi (32191)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Germany (Bavaria) Pseudopus laurillardi (174119)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Germany (Bavaria) Pseudopus laurillardi (68062 174120)