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Pseudopus moguntinus

Osteichthyes - Anguidae

Taxonomy
Pseudopus moguntinus was named by Boettger (1875). Its type specimen is SM (Senckenberg Museum) no. unknown, an osteoderm, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hochheim, which is in a MP 30 terrestrial horizon in Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. heymanni, P. novorossicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Pseudopus moguntinus Boettger

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
speciesmoguntinusBoettger 1875

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 moguntinus Boettger 1875
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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: Behler and King 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: MP 30 or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westfalia) Pseudopus moguntinus (84606)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (Hessen) Pseudopus moguntinus (type locality: 179239)