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Anomalepididae

Reptilia - Anomalepididae

Taxonomy
Anomalepididae was named as a family. It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Palci et al. (2013).

It was reranked as the subfamily Anomalepinae by Kuhn (1966).

It was assigned to Typhlopidae by Kuhn (1966); to Serpentes by Frank and Ramus (1996); and to Scolecophidia by Vidal and Hedges (2002) and Palci et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Anomalepinae Kuhn p. 60
1996Anomalepididae Frank and Ramus
2002Anomalepididae Vidal and Hedges p. 983
2013Anomalepididae Palci et al.

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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()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderScolecophidiaDuméril and Bibron 1844
familyAnomalepididae
familyAnomalepididae

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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G. Anomalepis Jan 1860 [South American blind snakes]
G. Helminthophis Peters 1860 [Greater blind snakes]
G. Liotyphlops Peters 1881 [Lesser blind snakes]
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Liotyphlops albirostris Peters 1857 [Whitenose blind snake]
G. Typhlophis Fitzinger 1843 [Trinidad blind snakes]
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Typhlophis squamosus Schlegel 1839 [Trinidad blind snake]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available