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Crythiosaurus

Reptilia - Crythiosauridae

Taxonomy
Crythiosaurus was named by Gilmore (1943). It is not extant. Its type is Crythiosaurus mongoliensis. It is the type genus of Crythiosaurinae.

It was assigned to Amphisbaenidae by Gilmore (1943); to Crythiosaurinae by Vanzolini (1951); and to Crythiosauridae by Kuhn (1966).

Species
C. mongoliensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Crythiosaurus Gilmore pp. 377-379 fig. 16
1951Crythiosaurus Vanzolini
1966Crythiosaurus Kuhn p. 69

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
infraorderAmphisbaeniaGray 1844
familyCrythiosauridae()
genusCrythiosaurusGilmore 1943

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. †Crythiosaurus Gilmore 1943
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialinfrao
Diet: insectivoreinfrao
Created: 2005-09-16 14:12:18
Modified: 2005-09-16 16:12:18
Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Pianka and Vitt 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mongolia (Övörkhangai) C. mongoliensis (53978)