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Anniella (legless lizard)

Osteichthyes - Anguidae

Taxonomy
Anniella was named by Gray (1852). It is extant. It is the type genus of Anniellidae, Anniellinae.

It was assigned to Aniellidae by Cope (1875); to Anniellidae by McDowell and Bogert (1954); to Anniellinae by Estes (1983); and to Anguidae by Carroll (1988), Frank and Ramus (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Anniella Gray
1875Anniella Cope p. 44
1954Anniella McDowell and Bogert p. 130
1983Anniella Estes
1988Anniella Carroll
1996Anniella Frank and Ramus

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
subfamilyAnniellinaeNopcsa 1928
genusAnniellaGray 1852

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. Anniella Gray 1852 [legless lizard]
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Anniella geronimensis Shaw 1940 [Baja California legless lizard]
Anniella pulchra Gray 1858 [California legless lizard]
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 Clarendonian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 12.50000 to 0.01400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 9.4 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (California) Anniella sp. (19391)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (California) Anniella sp. (20178 20182 20206)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Anniella pulchra (240844)