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Typhlops (blind snake)

Osteichthyes - Typhlopidae

Taxonomy
Typhlops was named by Oppel (1811). It is extant.

It was assigned to Typhlopidae by Carroll (1988), Morgan (1994), Frank and Ramus (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1811Typhlops Oppel
1988Typhlops Carroll
1994Typhlops Morgan p. 467
1996Typhlops 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()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderScolecophidiaDuméril and Bibron 1844
familyTyphlopidaeBonaparte 1831
genusTyphlopsOppel 1811

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. Typhlops Oppel 1811 [blind snake]
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Typhlops biminiensis Richmond 1955
Typhlops caymanensis Sackett 1940
Typhlops epactius Thomas 1968
Typhlops jamaicensis Shaw 1802 [Jamaica worm snake]
Typhlops lineolatus Jan 1863 [Common lined worm snake]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Clarendonian to the top of the Holocene or 12.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.63 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Spain (Castile-La Mancha) Typhlops sp. (136269)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1France (Rhône-Alpes) Typhlops grivensis (79360 136199)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Typhlops sp. (18554)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Typhlops sp. (75481)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Burgenland) Typhlops grivensis (37789)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Greece Typhlops vermiculatus (34767)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) Typhlops sp. (144663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Typhlops epactius (209851)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Typhlops vermiculatus (195229)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) Typhlops sp. (144649)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Jamaica Typhlops sp. (215359)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antigua and Barbuda Typhlops monastus (94615)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Typhlops caymanensis (210542)