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Taxonomy
Diploglossinae was named by Boucourt (1873) [also attributed to Cope 1864]. Its type is Diploglossus.
It was assigned to Anguinidae by McDowell and Bogert (1954); and to Anguidae by McGrew et al. (1959), Kuhn (1966), Estes (1983) and Smith (2006).
It was assigned to Anguinidae by McDowell and Bogert (1954); and to Anguidae by McGrew et al. (1959), Kuhn (1966), Estes (1983) and Smith (2006).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1873 | Diploglossinae Boucourt |
| 1954 | Diploglossinae McDowell and Bogert p. 130 |
| 1959 | Diploglossinae McGrew et al. p. 132 |
| 1966 | Diploglossinae Kuhn p. 54 |
| 1983 | Diploglossinae Estes |
| 2006 | Diploglossinae Smith p. 5 |
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Subfm. †Diploglossinae Boucourt 1873
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G. Celestus Gray 1838
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Celestus barbouri Grant 1940 [Barbour's galliwasp]
Celestus bivittatus Boulenger 1895 [Two-striped galliwasp]
Celestus crusculus Garman 1887 [Garman's galliwasp]
Celestus curtissi Grant 1951 [Curtis' galliwasp]
Celestus darlingtoni Cochran 1939 [Darlington's galliwasp]
Celestus duquesneyi Grant 1940 [Duquesney's galliwasp]
Celestus enneagrammus Cope 1860 [Huaxteca lesser galliwasp]
Celestus fowleri Schwartz 1983 [Fowler's galliwasp]
G. Diploglossus Wiegmann 1828
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Diploglossus millepunctatus O'Shaughnessy 1874 [Dotted galliwasp]
G. Ophiodes Boulenger 1894 [South American worm lizards]
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Ophiodes intermedius Boulenger 1894 [Middle worm lizard]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| S. B. McDowell and C. M. Bogert 1954 | Head with large and regular osteoderms and associated epidermal scutes; orbital borders of frontals nearly straight and paralel; osteoderms heavy, imbricate lateraly, as well as anteriorly and posteriorly, with beveled lateral borders, rectangular in form; no lateral fold; teeth blunt or conical; anterior (choanal) border of palatine posterior to vomer and to anterior extremity of interpterygoid vacuity; phalangeal formula reduced to 2-3-4-4-3. |
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Behler and King 1979, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lysitean to the top of the Holocene or 55.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 50.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 50.3 Ma
Collections (13 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lostcabinian | USA (Wyoming) | Diploglossinae indet. (15917) | |
| Lysitean - Lostcabinian | USA (Wyoming) | Eodiploglossus borealis (15451) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Wyoming) | Eodiploglossus borealis (181313) Eodiploglossus sp. CG (15458) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Utah) | Eodiploglossus borealis (16396) | |
| Chadronian | USA (North Dakota) | D. MPH-1 (16991) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Cayman Islands | Celestus crusculus (209851) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Dominican Republic (Pedernales) | Celestus sp. (186695 186696 186697 186698) | |
| Holocene | Jamaica | Celestus occiduus, Celestus sp. (215359) | |
| Holocene | Cayman Islands (Cayman Brac) | Celestus crusculus (210541) |