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Amphisbaeniformes

Osteichthyes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Amphisbaeniformes Longrich et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
infraorderAmphisbaeniaGray 1844
—Amphisbaeniformes
—Amphisbaeniformes

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.

Unr. Amphisbaeniformes Longrich et al. 2015
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Unr. Amphisbaenidae Gray 1865 [worm lizard]
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G. Amphisbaena Linnaeus 1758
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Amphisbaena alba Linneaus 1758 [Red worm lizard]
†Amphisbaena braestrupi Gans and Montero 1998
Amphisbaena caeca Cuvier 1829 [Blind worm lizard]
Amphisbaena cubana Gundlach and Peters 1878 [Cuban worm lizard]
Amphisbaena darwini Dumeril and Bibron 1839 [Darwin's ringed worm lizard]
Amphisbaena fenestrata Cope 1861 [Cope's worm lizard]
Amphisbaena fuliginosa Linneaus 1758 [Speckled worm lizard]
Amphisbaena gonavensis Gans and Alexander 1962 [Gonave worm lizard]
Amphisbaena innocens Weinland 1862 [Innocent worm lizard]
†Amphisbaena laurenti Gans and Montero 1998
Amphisbaena vermicularis Wagler 1824 [Wagler's worm lizard]
G. Ancyclocranium Parker 1942 [Sharp-snouted worm lizards]
G. Anops Bell 1833 [King's worm lizards]
G. Baikia Gray 1865 [West African worm lizards]
G. Blanus Wagler 1830
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Blanus cinereus Vandelli 1797 [Mediterranean worm lizard]
†Blanus gracilis Roček 1984
†Blanus mendezi Bolet et al. 2014
Blanus strauchi Bedriaga 1884 [Turkish worm lizard]
†Blanus thomaskelleri Cernansky et al. 2015
Invalid names: Omoiotyphlops de Rochebrune 1884 [synonym]
G. Bronia Gray 1865 [Brazilian worm lizards]
G. †Campinosaurus Auge 1992
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G. †Listromycter Charig and Gans 1990
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†Listromycter leakeyi Charig and Gans 1990
G. †Lophocranion Charig and Gans 1990
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†Lophocranion rusingense Charig and Gans 1990
Invalid names: Rhineurinae Vanzolini 1951 [empty]
Fm. Bipedidae Taylor 1951
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G. †Anniealexandria Smith 2009
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†Anniealexandria gansi Smith 2009
G. Bipes Bonnaterre 1789 [Two-legged worm lizards]
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Bipes biporus Cope 1894 [Five-toed worm lizard]
Bipes canaliculatus Bonnaterre 1789 [Four-toed worm lizard]
Bipes tridactylus Duges 1894 [Three-toed worm lizard]
Fm. Blanidae Kearney 2003
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G. †Blanosaurus Folie et al. 2013
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†Blanosaurus primeocaenus Folie et al. 2013
G. †Cuvieribaena Cernansky et al. 2015
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†Cuvieribaena carlgansi Cernansky et al. 2015
G. †Louisamphisbaena Auge 2012
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G. †Todrasaurus Augé and Rage 2006
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†Todrasaurus gheerbranti Augé and Rage 2006
Unr. Trogonophidae Bonaparte 1838
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G. †Palaeoblanus Schleich 1988
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†Palaeoblanus tobieni Schleich 1988
G. †Terastiodontosaurus Georgalis et al. 2024
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†Terastiodontosaurus marcelosanchezi Georgalis et al. 2024
G. Trogonophis Kaup 1830
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†Trogonophis darelbeidae Bailon 2000
Trogonophis wiegmanni Kaup 1830 [Checkerboard worm lizard]
Invalid names: Cadeidae Vidal and Hedges 2007 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialinfrao
Diet: insectivoreinfrao
Created: 2005-09-16 14:12:18
Modified: 2005-09-16 16:12:18
Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Pianka and Vitt 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.2 Ma

Collections (109 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mongolia (Omnogov) Amphisbaenidae indet. (181538)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Belgium (Hainaut) Amphisbaenidae indet. (132949)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5USA (North Dakota) Amphisbaenidae indet. (15000)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Morocco (Meknès-Tafilalet) Todrasaurus gheerbranti (88301)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0France (Champagne-Ardenne) Amphisbaenidae indet. (87925)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) Anniealexandria gansi (15458)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Portugal (Região Centro) Amphisbaenidae indet. (79200)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07France (Var) Amphisbaenidae indet. (35538)
MP 1056.0 - 48.07France (Picardie) Amphisbaenidae indet. (68440)
MP 8 + 956.0 - 48.07France (Picardie) Amphisbaenidae indet. (84997)
MP 8 + 956.0 - 48.07France (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) Amphisbaenidae indet. (179145)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Belgium (Brabant) Amphisbaenidae indet., Blanosaurus primeocaenus, Campinosaurus woutersi (35531)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Marne) Amphisbaenidae indet. (35535) Amphisbaenidae indet., Anniealexandria sp. (35533)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03Tunisia Terastiodontosaurus marcelosanchezi (87795)
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Wyoming) Amphisbaenidae indet. (15837)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Cuvieribaena carlgansi (12840)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Picardie Region) Amphisbaenidae indet., Louisamphisbaena ferox (12847)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Omoiotyphlops sp. (183350) Omoiotyphlops sp., Amphisbaenidae indet. (31736)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain (Castilla y Leon) Blanidae indet. (40358)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy) Amphisbaenidae indet., Blanidae indet. (12850)
MP 17A - MP 17B37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Amphisbaenidae indet. (28747)
MP 1937.71 - 33.9France Blanidae indet. (84656)
MP 1937.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Amphisbaenidae indet. (12846) Blanidae indet. (12844 12845)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Switzerland Amphisbaenidae indet. (31743)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Spain (Catalonia) Blanidae indet. (31751)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Amphisbaenidae indet. (31758)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees region) Blanidae indet., Amphisbaenidae indet. (12853)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Amphisbaenidae indet. (12841 12843 12852 12854) Amphisbaenidae indet., Blanidae indet. (12849) Blanidae indet., Amphisbaenidae indet. (12842)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene37.71 - 15.98France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Omoiotyphlops priscus (179194)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Amphisbaenidae indet. (16919)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Amphisbaenidae indet. (31583)
MP 2133.9 - 27.3France (Quercy) Amphisbaenidae indet. (36708)
MP 2233.9 - 27.3France (Midi-Pyrenées) Amphisbaenidae indet. (167533) Amphisbaenidae indet., Blanidae indet. (167513 167537) Blanidae indet. (167534)
MP 2333.9 - 27.3France (Quercy) Amphisbaenidae indet. (179147)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (South Carolina) Blanus sp. (182155)
Whitneyan31.8 - 29.5USA (Florida) Amphisbaenidae indet. (17341)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (South Dakota) Amphisbaenidae indet. (17516)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France Amphisbaenidae indet. (60281)
MP 2527.3 - 23.04France (Quercy) Amphisbaenidae indet. (36717)
MP 2527.3 - 23.04France Amphisbaenidae indet. (60214)
MP 2627.3 - 23.04France (Quercy) Amphisbaenidae indet. (36718)
MP 2827.3 - 23.04Germany Palaeoblanus sp. (59886)
MP 2827.3 - 23.04France (Quercy) Amphisbaenidae indet. (36712 36715)
MP 28 - MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Blanidae indet., Palaeoblanus tobieni (59126)
MP 2927.3 - 23.04Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Blanidae indet. (74679)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Amphisbaenidae indet. (179146)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (Bavaria) Amphisbaenidae indet. (84364)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Palaeoblanus sp. (66105)
MN 123.04 - 22.4Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Palaeoblanus tobieni (69617)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Switzerland (Aargau) Amphisbaenidae indet. (201974)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Kenya Listromycter leakeyi, Lophocranion rusingense (63507)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Spain (Castile-La Mancha) Omoiotyphlops sp., Blanus sp., Amphisbaenidae indet. (136269)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (R.-P. and Hesse) Palaeoblanus tobieni (69606)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Blanus thomaskelleri (167464)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy (Sardinia) Blanus gracilis (138825)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Saudi Arabia Amphisbaenidae indet. (47069)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Blanus antiquus, Palaeoblanus tobieni (69179)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.98Czechia (Moravia) Blanus sp. (200140)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.98Czechia (Ústí nad Labem) Blanus thomaskelleri (48173)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Czechia (Karlovy Vary) Omoiotyphlops gracilis, Squamata indet. II (138666)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Kenya Amphisbaenidae indet. (22069 22081)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Spain (Catalonia) Blanus sp. (180192)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Palaeoblanus sp. nov., Palaeoblanus tobieni (34615)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Austria Amphisbaenidae indet. (174065 174067)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Austria (Lower Austria) Blanus antiquus (205096)
MN 5 - MN 615.98 - 12.75Türkiye (Ankara) Blanus sp. (68561)
Astaracian15.98 - 11.63Morocco (Tadla-Azilal) Amphisbaenidae indet. (48630)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63France (Midi-Pyrenees) Amphisbaenidae indet., Blanus sp., Blanus antiquus (32191)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Spain (Catalonia) Blanus mendezi (174064)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Germany (Bayern) Blanus antiquus (49521)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Romania (Arad) Blanus gracilis (135812)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Türkiye (Afyon) Blanus strauchi (199779)
Vallesian11.63 - 8.725Ukraine (Khmel'nitsk'yi) Amphisbaenidae indet. (48446)
Vallesian11.63 - 8.725Spain Amphisbaenidae indet. (40765)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Spain (Granada) Amphisbaenidae indet. (35077)
MN 127.9 - 6.965Ukraine (Odessa) Blanus strauchi (230603 230604)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Türkiye (Ankara) Amphisbaenidae indet. (34370)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Spain (Alcolea de Calatrava) Blanus cinereus (224542)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58France Blanus sp. (49096)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Morocco Blanus sp., Trogonophis darelbeidae (32052)
MN 163.55 - 2.245Spain (Catalonia) Blanus cinereus (167736)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Spain (Castellon) Blanus cinereus (34929)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy (Foggia) Blanus sp. (242160)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Minas Gerais) Amphisbaena braestrupi, Amphisbaena laurenti (63430)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Murcia) Blanus sp. (34128)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Granada) Blanus cinereus (34985)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Castilla-Leon) Blanus cinereus (34925)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Malaga) Blanus cinereus (195564)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Castellon) Blanus cinereus (34932)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Amphisbaena sp. (85142)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Alicante) Blanus cinereus (199861 219152)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil Amphisbaena ridleyi (195071)