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Pseudopus confertus

Reptilia - Anguidae

Taxonomy
Pseudopus confertus was named by Klembara and Rummel (2018). Its type specimen is NMP Pv 10028, a partial skull (frontal), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Merkur-North, which is in an Orleanian fluvial-lacustrine marl/coal in the Most Formation of the Czech Republic.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Pseudopus rugosus Klembara p. 179
2018Pseudopus confertus Klembara and Rummel p. 38

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
—Anguiformes(Bonaparte 1831)
superfamilyAnguioideaFitzinger 1826
familyAnguidaeGray 1825
subfamilyAnguinaeGray 1825
tribeAnguini
genusPseudopus
speciesconfertus

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.

†Pseudopus confertus Klembara and Rummel 2018
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Invalid names: Pseudopus rugosus Klembara 2015 [replaced]
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: Orleanian or 20.00000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97Czech Republic (Ústí nad Labem) Pseudopus rugosus (type locality: 48173)