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Paraxestops stehlini

Reptilia - Anguidae

Taxonomy
Paraxestops stehlini was named by Hoffstetter (1962). Its type specimen is NHMB fig. 1C and plate VI, fig. 2 in Hoffstetter 1962 (frontal) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mormont Entreroches, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial horizon in Switzerland.

It was recombined as Xestops stehlini by Meszoely et al. (1978).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Paraxestops stehlini Hoffstetter fig. 1
1978Xestops stehlini Meszoely et al.
2006Paraxestops stehlini Auge and Sullivan

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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
subfamilyGlyptosaurinaeMarsh 1872
tribeMelanosauriniSullivan 1979
genusParaxestopsHoffstetter 1962
speciesstehliniHoffstetter 1962

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.

Paraxestops stehlini Hoffstetter 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsubf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Created: 2005-09-23 14:40:23
Modified: 2005-09-23 16:40:23
Source: subf = subfamily, f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Head 2005, Carroll 1988, Behler and King 1979

Age range: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Switzerland Paraxestops stehlini (type locality: 31743)