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Scolecophidia
Taxonomy
Scolecophidia was named by Duméril and Bibron (1844). It is extant. It was considered unknown by Mead (2013).
It was reranked as the suborder Scolecophidia by Cope (1871), Cope (1875) and Rage (1984); it was synonymized subjectively with Typhlopoidea by Kuhn (1966); it was reranked as the unranked clade Scolecophidia by Augé and Rage (2006) and Mead (2013).
It was assigned to Ophidia by Cope (1871) and Cope (1875); to Serpentes by Rage (1984), Carroll (1988), Vidal and Hedges (2002), Venczel and Stiuca (2008) and Mead (2013); to Serpentes by Wilcox et al. (2002), Augé and Rage (2006), Longrich et al. (2012) and Palci et al. (2013); and to Serpentes by Mead and Steadman (2017).
It was reranked as the suborder Scolecophidia by Cope (1871), Cope (1875) and Rage (1984); it was synonymized subjectively with Typhlopoidea by Kuhn (1966); it was reranked as the unranked clade Scolecophidia by Augé and Rage (2006) and Mead (2013).
It was assigned to Ophidia by Cope (1871) and Cope (1875); to Serpentes by Rage (1984), Carroll (1988), Vidal and Hedges (2002), Venczel and Stiuca (2008) and Mead (2013); to Serpentes by Wilcox et al. (2002), Augé and Rage (2006), Longrich et al. (2012) and Palci et al. (2013); and to Serpentes by Mead and Steadman (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1844 | Scolecophidia Duméril and Bibron |
| 1871 | Scolecophidia Cope p. 237 |
| 1875 | Scolecophidia Cope p. 21 |
| 1984 | Scolecophidia Rage p. 8 |
| 1988 | Scolecophidia Carroll |
| 2002 | Scolecophidia Vidal and Hedges p. 983 |
| 2002 | Scolecophidia Wilcox et al. |
| 2006 | Scolecophidia Augé and Rage p. 245 |
| 2008 | Scolecophidia Venczel and Stiuca p. 755 figs. 13G, H |
| 2012 | Scolecophidia Longrich et al. |
| 2013 | Scolecophidia Mead |
| 2013 | Scolecophidia Palci et al. |
| 2017 | Scolecophidia Mead and Steadman p. 432 |
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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.
Infraor. Scolecophidia Duméril and Bibron 1844
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Fm. Anomalepididae
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G. Anomalepis Jan 1860 [South American blind snakes]
G. Helminthophis Peters 1860 [Greater blind snakes]
G. Liotyphlops Peters 1881 [Lesser blind snakes]
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Liotyphlops albirostris Peters 1857 [Whitenose blind snake]
G. Typhlophis Fitzinger 1843 [Trinidad blind snakes]
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Typhlophis squamosus Schlegel 1839 [Trinidad blind snake]
Fm. Leptotyphlopidae Stejneger 1892
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G. Leptotyphlops Fitzinger 1843 [Slender blind snakes]
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Leptotyphlops dulcis Baird and Girard 1853 [Texas blind snake]
Leptotyphlops goudotii Dumeril 1844 [Black blind snake]
Leptotyphlops humilis Baird and Girard 1853 [Western blind snake]
Invalid names: Glauconiidae Boulenger 1890 [synonym], Stenostomidae Cope 1871 [synonym]
Fm. Typhlopidae Bonaparte 1831 [blind snake]
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G. Typhlops Oppel 1811 [blind snake]
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Typhlops biminiensis Richmond 1955
Typhlops caymanensis Sackett 1940
Typhlops epactius Thomas 1968
Typhlops jamaicensis Shaw 1802 [Jamaica worm snake]
Typhlops lineolatus Jan 1863 [Common lined worm snake]
Superfm. Typhlopoidea
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Collections (50 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Brazil (São Paulo) | Boipeba tayasuensis (114829) | |
| Thanetian | Morocco (Meknès-Tafilalet) | Scolecophidia indet. (88301) | |
| Lutetian | France (Gard) | Scolecophidia indet. (59129) | |
| Priabonian | France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) | Scolecophidia indet. (12849) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | France (Quercy) | Scolecophidia indet. (12850) | |
| Arikareean | USA (Florida) | Scolecophidia indet. (17476) | |
| Chattian | USA (Florida) | Typhlopidae indet., Scolecophidia indet. (17860) | |
| Harrisonian | USA (Florida) | Scolecophidia indet. (17837) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Namibia (Karas) | Scolecophidia indet. (168036) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Spain (Castile-La Mancha) | Typhlops sp., Scolecophidia indet. (136269) | |
| Burdigalian | Saudi Arabia | Scolecophidia indet. (47095) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (Florida) | Scolecophidia indet. (18597) | |
| MN 4 | Czech Republic (Karlovy Vary) | Scolecophidia indet. (138666) | |
| MN 4 | France (Midi-Pyrenees) | Scolecophidia indet. (136919) | |
| Langhian | Spain (Catalonia) | Scolecophidia indet. (180192) | |
| Astaracian | Morocco (Tadla-Azilal) | Scolecophidia indet. (48630) | |
| Laventan | Colombia (Huila) | Scolecophidia indet. (188246) | |
| MN 7 + 8 | France (Rhône-Alpes) | Typhlops grivensis (79360 136199) | |
| MN 7 + 8 | Hungary (Heves) | Scolecophidia indet. (168132) | |
| Sarmatian | Romania (Arad) | Scolecophidia indet. (135812) | |
| Late/Upper Clarendonian | USA (Florida) | Typhlops sp. (18554) | |
| Vallesian | Ukraine (Khmel'nitsk'yi) | Scolecophidia indet. (48446) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Morocco (Fes) | Scolecophidia indet. (35361) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Italy (Cuneo) | Scolecophidia indet. (175903) | |
| MN 9 | Hungary (Heves) | Scolecophidia indet. (168177 168187 168191) | |
| MN 9 | Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) | Typhlops sp. (75481) | |
| MN 11 | Austria (Burgenland) | Typhlops grivensis (37789) | |
| Turolian | Greece (Central Macedonia) | Scolecophidia indet. (32189) | |
| Turolian | Greece | Scolecophidia indet. (31928) | |
| Turolian | Moldova | Scolecophidia indet. (230516) | |
| Turolian | Spain | Scolecophidia indet. (28625) | |
| MN 12 | Ukraine (Odessa) | Scolecophidia indet. (48175) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Piedmont) | Scolecophidia indet. (199860) | |
| MN 13 | Greece (Rhodes) | Scolecophidia indet. (68046) | |
| Ruscinian | Turkey (Ankara) | Scolecophidia indet. (34370) | |
| Villanyian | Greece | Scolecophidia indet. (34589 34592) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Greece | Scolecophidia indet., Typhlops vermiculatus (34767) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) | Scolecophidia indet., Typhlops sp. (144663) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Cayman Islands | Typhlops epactius (209851) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Crete) | Typhlops vermiculatus (195229) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Bahamas (New Providence Island) | Typhlops sp. (144649) | |
| Holocene | Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) | Typhlops caymanensis (210542) | |
| Holocene | Jamaica | Typhlops sp. (215359) | |
| Holocene | Antigua and Barbuda | Typhlops monastus (94615) | |
| Holocene | Yemen | Xerotyphlops socotranus (169046 234349) |