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Anilioides

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)38088https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=38088
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Aniliidae : Anilioides
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
suborderOphidia
-Serpentes
infraorderAlethinophidiaNopcsa 1923
familyAniliidaeFitzinger 1826
genusAnilioidesAuffenberg 1963
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Anilioidesgenusbelongs to Aniliidaestated with evidenceAuffenberg, 1963
Anilioidesgenusbelongs to Aniliidaestated without evidenceHolman, 1976
Anilioidesgenusbelongs to BoidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance30.8 - 26.3 Ma
Oligocene
Last Recorded Appearance20.4 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Aniliidae)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Aniliidae)
Reproductionoviparous (based on Aniliidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Anilioides minuatus
species
listed (PBDB)
Anilioides minuatus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
120.4 Ma
Miocene
20.4 Ma
Miocene
Anilioides nebraskensis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
530.8 Ma
Oligocene
23.0 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1963Anilioides Auffenberg
1966Anilioides Kuhn p. 65
1976Anilioides Holman
1988Anilioides Carroll

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Kuhn O. W. M. (1966) , Die Reptilien. System und Stammesgeschichte [The Reptiles. Systematics and Phylogeny.], 1-154
Holman J. A. (1976) Snakes from the Rosebud Formation (Middle Miocene) of South Dakota., Herpetologica 32, 41-48
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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