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Typhlopoidea

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Typhlopoidea was named as a superfamily. It is extant.

It was reranked as the infraorder Typhlopoidea by Kuhn (1966).

It was assigned to Serpentes by Kuhn (1966); and to Scolecophidia by Fachini et al. (2020).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Typhlopoidea Kuhn p. 60
2020Typhlopoidea Fachini et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderScolecophidiaDuméril and Bibron 1844
superfamilyTyphlopoidea
superfamilyTyphlopoidea

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.

Superfm. Typhlopoidea
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G. †Boipeba Fachini et al. 2020
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Boipeba tayasuensis Fachini et al. 2020
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Brazil (São Paulo) Boipeba tayasuensis (114829)