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Ophisaurus attenuatus (Slender glass lizard)
Taxonomy
Ophisaurus attenuatus was named by Cope (1880). It is extant.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1880 | Ophisaurus attenuatus Cope |
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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.
Ophisaurus attenuatus Cope 1880 [Slender glass lizard]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Behler and King 1979, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Clarendonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 12.50000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Clarendonian | USA (Kansas) | Ophisaurus ventralis (18450) | |
| Blancan | USA (Kansas) | Ophisaurus attenuatus (19931) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Oklahoma) | Ophisaurus attenuatus (20309) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Kansas) | Ophisaurus attenuatus (20390 20422 20423) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Kansas) | Ophisaurus attenuatus (20605) |