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Blanus strauchi (Turkish worm lizard)

Reptilia

Taxonomy

Blanus strauchi was named by Bedriaga (1884). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

B. antiquus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1884	Blanus strauchi Bedriaga

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
—	Squamata	()
infraorder	Amphisbaenia	Gray 1844
—	Amphisbaeniformes
—	Amphisbaenidae	(Gray 1865)
genus	Blanus	Wagler 1830
species	strauchi	Bedriaga 1884

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.

Blanus strauchi Bedriaga 1884 [Turkish worm lizard]

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialinfrao

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

fossorialf

Diet:

insectivoref

Created:

2005-09-05 19:45:44

Modified:

2005-09-05 21:45:44

Source: f = family, infrao = infraorder, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Carroll 1988, Behler and King 1979, Pianka and Vitt 2003, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MN 7 + 8 to the top of the MN 12 or 12.75000 to 6.96500 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
MN 7 + 8	12.75 - 11.1	Turkey (Afyon)	Blanus strauchi (199779)
MN 12	7.9 - 6.965	Ukraine (Odessa)	Blanus strauchi (230603 230604)