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Dibamidae

Reptilia - Dibamidae

Taxonomy
Dibamidae was named by Boulenger (1884). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Lee and Caldwell (2000).

It was assigned to Lacertae by Gadow (1898); to Lacertidi by Perrier (1928); to Scincoidea by Kuhn (1946); to Pygopodoidea by Kuhn (1966); to Scincomorpha by Seiffert (1975); to Scincoidea by Estes (1983); to Lacertilia by Frank and Ramus (1996); to Scleroglossa by Estes et al. (1988) and Lee and Caldwell (2000); and to Squamata by Pyron et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Dibamidae Boulenger
1898Dibamidae Gadow p. 27
1928Dibamidae Perrier p. 3100
1946Dibamidae Kuhn p. 61
1966Dibamidae Kuhn p. 49
1975Dibamidae Seiffert p. 10
1983Dibamidae Estes
1988Dibamidae Estes et al.
1996Dibamidae Frank and Ramus
2000Dibamidae Lee and Caldwell
2013Dibamidae Pyron et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
familyDibamidaeBoulenger 1884
familyDibamidaeBoulenger 1884

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.

Fm. Dibamidae Boulenger 1884
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G. Anelytropis Cope 1885 [Mexican blind lizards]
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Anelytropis papillosus Cope 1885 [Mexican blind lizard]
G. Dibamus Dumeril and Bibron 1839 [Blind skinks]
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Dibamus novaeguinea Dumeril and Bibron 1839 [New Guinea blind skink]
G. †Hoeckosaurus Čerňanský 2019
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†Hoeckosaurus mongoliensis Čerňanský 2019
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Perrier 1928Langue sagittée, non échancrée en avant, couverte de plis ou de lamelles courbes. Pas de columelle; pas de septum interorbitaire, pas d'arcs temporaux. Yeux cachés sous la peau, pas d'orifice des oreilles. Corps vermiforme; écailles cycloïdes, imbriquées, sans ostéodermes. Membres antérieurs absents, les postérieurs représentés chez le mâle par 2 appendices spatuliformes très petits; pas de sternum; pas de ceinture scapulaire, ni pelvienne.
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, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 28.40000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.4 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Squamata indet. (135792 135803)