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Proxestops

Reptilia - Anguidae

Taxonomy
Proxestops was named by Gauthier (1982). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Glyptosaurinae by Gauthier (1982) and Sullivan (1986); to Anguidae by Carroll (1988) and Bryant (1989); and to Melanosaurini by Estes (1983) and Sullivan (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Proxestops Gauthier p. 21
1983Proxestops Estes
1986Proxestops Sullivan p. 110
1988Proxestops Carroll
1989Proxestops Bryant p. 47
1991Proxestops Sullivan p. 297

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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
subfamilyGlyptosaurinaeMarsh 1872
genusProxestopsGauthier 1982

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. †Proxestops Gauthier 1982
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†Proxestops silberlingii Gilmore 1938
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Invalid names: Proxestops gastrodon Bartels 1988 [synonym], Proxestops jepseni Gilmore 1942 [synonym], Proxestops jepsoni Gauthier 1982 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsubf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Created: 2005-09-23 14:40:23
Modified: 2005-09-23 16:40:23
Source: subf = subfamily, f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Behler and King 1979, Head 2005

Age range: base of the Middle Campanian to the top of the Wasatchian or 83.50000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) P. sp. (14489)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) P. sp. (212186)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Utah) P. jepseni (14670)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (New Mexico) P. jepseni (14760 74555)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) P. silberlingi, P. silberlingii (14906) P. silberlingii (14913)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (New Mexico) P. jepseni (14865)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Utah) P. jepseni (14830)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Peltosaurus jepseni (14912)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Peltosaurus jepseni (15049)
Lysitean - Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) P. sp. (15451)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) P. sp. (15534 46690 181313) P. sp. CG (15458)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) P. sp. (27351)