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Anguis (slow worm)

Reptilia - Anguidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Anguis Linnaeus p. 227
1954Anguis McDowell and Bogert p. 130
1983Anguis Estes
1987Anguis Sullivan p. 131
1988Anguis Carroll
1996Anguis Frank and Ramus
2005Anguis Augé
2008Anguis Böhme p. 169
2016Anguis Cirilli et al. p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
—Anguiformes(Bonaparte 1831)
superfamilyAnguioideaFitzinger 1826
familyAnguidaeGray 1825
subfamilyAnguinaeGray 1825
genusAnguis

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.

G. Anguis Linnaeus 1758 [slow worm]
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Anguis fragilis Linneaus 1758 [Slow worm]
†Anguis polgardiensis Bolkay 1913
†Anguis rarus Klembara and Rummel 2018
†Anguis stammeri Brunner 1954
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Behler and King 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MP 10 to the top of the Holocene or 55.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.6 Ma

Collections (97 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1055.8 - 48.6France (Picardie) Anguis sp. (68440)
MP 8 + 955.8 - 48.6France (Picardie) Anguis sp. (84997)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Rhone) Anguis sp. (151252)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Anguis sp. (12840)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie) Anguis sp. (177581)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Anguis sp. (12854 31740)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees region) Anguis sp. (12848 12853)
MP 1837.2 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Anguis sp. (12851)
MP 1937.2 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Anguis sp. (12846)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Belgium Anguis sp. (31748)
MP 2133.9 - 28.4France (Quercy) Anguis sp. (36708)
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France (Quercy) Anguis sp. (179147)
MP 2533.9 - 23.03France Anguis sp. (60214)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Anguis sp. (179146)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Bavaria) Anguis sp. (84364)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Kazakhstan (East Kasakhstan) Anguis sp. (167805)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Switzerland (Aargau) Anguis sp. (201974)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Germany (Bavaria) Anguis rarus (201971)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Hungary (Nograd) Anguis sp. (167497 167509 167512)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Hungary (Heves) Anguis fragilis (168132)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Turkey (Ankara) Anguis sp. (199743)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy (Tuscany) Anguis sp. (190848)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Ukraine (Khmel'nitsk'yi) Anguis sp. (48446)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Russian Federation (Adygea) Anguis sp. (196590)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Cankiri) Anguis sp. (184387)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Heves) Anguis fragilis (168177 168187 168189)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Burgenland) Anguis fragilis (37789)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Ukraine (Odessa) Anguis sp. (167806)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Central Macedonia) Anguis sp. (32189)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Italy (Ravenna) Anguis sp. (202035)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Russian Federation (Krasnodar Krai) Anguis rarus (199746)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Hungary (Central Transdanubia) Anguis polgardiensis (69917)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Hungary (North Hungary) Anguis fragilis (136066 136067 136068)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Greece (Kozani) Anguis sp. (205081)
Ruscinian - Villanyian5.333 - 2.588Hungary (Barany) Anguis sp. (35354)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117France (Midi-Pyrenees) Anguis fragilis (35076)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Poland Anguis fragilis (32240)
MN 154.2 - 3.2Poland Anguis fragilis (33396)
MN 15 - MN 164.2 - 2.588Poland (Siedlce) Anguis fragilis (34840)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Italy (Verona) Anguis sp., Anguis fragilis (206747)
MN 172.588 - 1.806Poland Anguis fragilis (32485)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Germany (Thüringen) Anguis fragilis (43020 45065 45067 45069 45072)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Netherlands (Limburg) Anguis fragilis (192405)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Belgium (Namur) Anguis fragilis (206229)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Spain (Castilla-Leon) Anguis fragilis (34920)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Poland Anguis fragilis (195226)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117France (Loiret) Anguis fragilis (195224)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Anguis fragilis (122802)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Germany (Bayern) Anguis fragilis (52517 52518 52519 52521)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Castilla-Leon) Anguis fragilis (34870)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Anguis fragilis (195119)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Hautes Pyrenees) Anguis fragilis (195241)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Palencia) Anguis fragilis (205284)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain Anguis fragilis (34926)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary Anguis fragilis (35045)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Somerset) Anguis fragilis (195199)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Norfolk) Anguis fragilis (49816)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (West Stow) Anguis fragilis (195118)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Anguis fragilis (49999 50049 50056)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Midi-Pyrenees) Anguis fragilis (195223)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Anguis fragilis (93816 125437)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Lot) Anguis fragilis (195250)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Germany (Bavaria) Anguis stammeri (201972)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Essex) Anguis fragilis (195203)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Vizcaya) Anguis fragilis (125319)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Poland Anguis fragilis (33976)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Serbia and Montenegro Anguis fragilis (191943)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Germany (Bayern) Anguis fragilis (52520)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Anguis fragilis (125321)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Arrasate) Anguis fragilis (191758)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) Anguis fragilis (184245)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Italy (Veneto) Anguis fragilis (193569 193570)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Germany (Bayern) Anguis fragilis (52493 52512 52513 52514 52515 52516)