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Anguini

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)342156https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=342156
Ranktribe (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Anguidae : Anguini
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Lepidosauromorpha
superorderLepidosauria
orderSquamataOppel 1811
-EpisquamataPyron et al. 2013
-ToxicoferaVidal and Hedges 2005
suborderAnguimorphaFĂĽrbringer 1900
-AnguiformesConrad 2006
superfamilyAnguioideaFitzinger 1826
familyAnguidaeGray 1825
subfamilyAnguinaeGray 1825
tribeAnguiniAugé 2005
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Anguinitribebelongs to Anguinaestated with evidenceAugé, 2005
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)16
Extant Size (PBDB)6 (38%)
First Recorded Appearance66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Diapsida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietinsectivore, carnivore (based on Anguidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. L. Augé. 2005. Evolution des lézards du Paléogène en Europe. Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle 192:1-369

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Anguis
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Slow Worm9655.8 Ma
Eocene
0 Ma
Extant
Dopasia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
333.9 Ma
Oligocene
0 Ma
Extant
Helvetisaurus âśť
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
941.3 Ma
Eocene
33.9 Ma
Oligocene
Pseudopus
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Legless Lizard9028.4 Ma
Oligocene
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2005Anguini Augé

References

Augé M. L. (2005) Evolution des lézards du Paléogène en Europe, Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle 192, 1-369
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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