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Melanosaurini

Reptilia - Anguidae

Taxonomy
Melanosaurini was named by Sullivan (1979). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Glyptosaurinae by Sullivan (1979), Estes (1983) and Sullivan (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Melanosaurini Sullivan
1983Melanosaurini Estes
1991Melanosaurini Sullivan p. 297

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
—Anguiformes(Bonaparte 1831)
superfamilyAnguioideaFitzinger 1826
familyAnguidaeGray 1825
subfamilyGlyptosaurinaeMarsh 1872
tribeMelanosauriniSullivan 1979
tribeMelanosauriniSullivan 1979

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.

Tr. †Melanosaurini Sullivan 1979
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G. †Paraxestops Hoffstetter 1962
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†Paraxestops stehlini Hoffstetter 1962
G. †Placosauriops Kuhn 1940
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Invalid names: Placosauroides abderhaldeni Meszoely et al. 1978 [synonym]
Invalid names: Placosauroides Kuhn 1940 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsubf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Created: 2005-09-23 14:40:23
Modified: 2005-09-23 16:40:23
Source: subf = subfamily, f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Head 2005, Carroll 1988, Behler and King 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MP 8 + 9 to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 55.80000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium (Brabant) Melanosaurini indet. (35531)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Portugal (Região Centro) Melanosaurini indet. (79200)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6France (Var) Melanosaurini indet. (35538)
MP 1055.8 - 48.6France (Picardie) Placosauriops indet. (68440)
MP 8 + 955.8 - 48.6France (Picardie) Melanosaurini indet. (84997)
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Placosauriops weigelti (22701)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Placosauriops weigelti (179236) Placosauroides abderhaldeni, Xestops weigelti (13322)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Gard) Melanosaurini indet. (59129)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain (Castilla y Leon) Melanosaurini indet. (40358)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Switzerland Paraxestops stehlini (31743)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene37.2 - 15.97France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Melanosaurini indet. (179194)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Melanosaurini indet. (135790 201176)