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Ophisaurini

Reptilia - Anguidae

Taxonomy
Ophisaurini was named by Augé (2005). It was considered monophyletic by Augé (2005).

It was assigned to Anguinae by Augé (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Ophisaurini Augé

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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
tribeOphisaurini
tribeOphisaurini

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.

Tr. †Ophisaurini Augé 2005
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G. Ophisaurus Daudin 1803 [glass lizard]
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†Ophisaurus acuminatus Jorg 1965
Ophisaurus apodus Pallas 1775 [Armored glass lizard]
Ophisaurus attenuatus Cope 1880 [Slender glass lizard]
†Ophisaurus canadensis Holman 1970
Ophisaurus compressus Cope 1900 [island glass lizard]
†Ophisaurus feifari Klembara 1979
Ophisaurus harti Boulenger 1899 [Hart's glass lizard]
†Ophisaurus holeci Klembara 2015
Ophisaurus koellikeri Gunther 1873 [Koelliker's glass lizard]
†Ophisaurus robustus Klembara 1979
†Ophisaurus spinari Klembara 1979
Ophisaurus ventralis Linnaeus 1766 [eastern glass lizard]
Invalid names: Propseudopus Hilgendorf 1883 [synonym]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lostcabinian to the top of the Holocene or 55.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 50.3 Ma

Collections (163 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Ophisaurus sp. (15917)
MP 8 + 955.8 - 48.6France (Picardie) Ophisaurus sp. (84997)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Ophisaurus gracilis, Ophisaurus voigti (13322)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Ophisaurus sp. (12840)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Ophisaurus sp. (194988)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Ophisaurus sp. (12841 12843 12849 12852)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees region) Ophisaurus sp. (12853)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Quercy) Ophisaurus sp. (12850)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Ophisaurus sp. (38862)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Belgium Dopasia roqueprunensis (31748)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Germany Ophisaurus sp. (36984)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Turkey (Tekirdağ) Ophisaurus sp. (31605)
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France (Quercy) Dopasia roqueprunensis (179147)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1France Ophisaurus sp. (183381)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Belgium (Brabant) Dopasia roqueprunensis (75867)
MP 2533.9 - 23.03France (Quercy) Dopasia roqueprunensis (36717)
MP 2533.9 - 23.03France Dopasia roqueprunensis (60214)
MP 2628.4 - 23.03France (Gard) Ophisaurus sp. (172927)
MP 2828.4 - 23.03France (Quercy) Dopasia roqueprunensis (36712)
MP 28 - MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Ophisaurus sp. (59126)