Pseudopus
Pseudopus Temporal range:
| |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Anguidae |
Subfamily: | |
Genus: | Pseudopus Merrem, 1820 |
Type species | |
Lacerta apoda Pallas, 1775
|
Pseudopus is a genus of anguid lizards that are native to Eurasia.[1] One extant species remains, the sheltopusik,[2] with four fossil species. They are the most robust members of subfamily Anguinae.[1][3] The oldest fossils of the group date to the Early Miocene, but there are possible Oligocene records.[4]
Classification[]
- Pseudopus apodus
- †Pseudopus ahnikoviensis
- †Pseudopus laurillardi
- †Pseudopus pannonicus
- †Pseudopus rugosus
References[]
- ^ a b c Klembara, Jozef; Madelaine Böhme; Michael Rummel (2010). "Revision of the anguine lizard Pseudopus laurillardi (Squamata, Anguidae) from the Miocene of Europe, with comments on paleoecology". Journal of Paleontology. 84 (2): 159–196. doi:10.1666/09-033R1.1. S2CID 130738857.
- ^ Pseudopus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 May 2014.
- ^ a b Jozef Klembara (2015). "New finds of anguines (Squamata, Anguidae) from the Early Miocene of Northwest Bohemia (Czech Republic)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 89 (2): 171–195. doi:10.1007/s12542-014-0226-4. S2CID 129436097.
- ^ Villa, Andrea; Delfino, Massimo (November 2019). "Fossil lizards and worm lizards (Reptilia, Squamata) from the Neogene and Quaternary of Europe: an overview". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 138 (2): 177–211. doi:10.1007/s13358-018-0172-y. ISSN 1664-2384.
Categories:
- Anguids
- Lizards of Asia
- Lizards of Europe
- Lizard genera
- Reptile genera with one living species
- Taxa named by Blasius Merrem
- Lizard stubs