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Anniellidae (disused)

Reptilia - Anniellidae

Taxonomy
Anniellidae is a family. It is extant. Its type is Anniella.

It was assigned to Lacertidi by Perrier (1928); to Anguoidea by Kuhn (1946); to Diploglossa by McDowell and Bogert (1954); to Anguioidea by Kuhn (1966); and to Anguoidea by Seiffert (1975).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Anniellidae Perrier p. 3096
1946Anniellidae Kuhn p. 61
1954Anniellidae McDowell and Bogert p. 130
1966Anniellidae Kuhn p. 56
1975Anniellidae Seiffert p. 10

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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
familyAnniellidae
familyAnniellidae

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Perrier 1928Corps serpentiforme, sans traces de pattes. Crâne rappelant celui des Serpents, sans septum interorbitaire, sans arcs, sans columelle crânienne. Dents peu nombreuses, grandes, préhensiles, à base renflée. Écailles molles, un peu hexagones, fortement imbriquées. Yeux et oreilles cachés.
S. B. McDowell and C. M. Bogert 1954Temporal arch absent; postorbital vestige bordering temporal fossa; conchs of quadrate narrow; dorsal cranial bones smooth, without osteodermal incrustation; pro-otic and parietal forming a long firm suture to close the braincase posteriorly; head with large and regular epidermal scutes; frontals meeting beneath olfactory tracts; palatine as in Anguis; teeth similar to those of
Anguis; stapes with very short and stout columella auris, as in Ophiodes.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Created: 2005-09-05 19:43:40
Modified: 2005-09-05 21:43:40
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Behler and King 1979
Collections
No collection or age range data are available