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Blanus
Taxonomy
Blanus was named by Wagler (1830). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Vanzolini (1951).
It was assigned to Amphisbaenidae by Vanzolini (1951), Frank and Ramus (1996); and to Blanidae by Venczel and Stiuca (2008), Bolet et al. (2014), Cernansky et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Amphisbaenidae by Vanzolini (1951), Frank and Ramus (1996); and to Blanidae by Venczel and Stiuca (2008), Bolet et al. (2014), Cernansky et al. (2015).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1830 | Blanus Wagler |
| 1884 | Omoiotyphlops de Rochebrune |
| 1884 | Typhlops edwardsi de Rochebrune |
| 1951 | Blanus Vanzolini |
| 1951 | Omoiotyphlops Vanzolini |
| 1966 | Omoiotyphlops Kuhn p. 69 |
| 1983 | Omoiotyphlops Estes |
| 1988 | Omoiotyphlops Carroll |
| 1996 | Blanus Frank and Ramus |
| 2005 | Omoiotyphlops priscus Augé |
| 2008 | Blanus Venczel and Stiuca p. 754 figs. 13C-F' |
| 2014 | Blanus Bolet et al. |
| 2015 | Blanus Cernansky et al. p. 104 |
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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.
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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, infrao = infraorder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Behler and King 1979, Pianka and Vitt 2003 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 41.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 38.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 38.0 Ma
Collections (33 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bartonian | France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) | Omoiotyphlops sp. (31736 183350) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene | France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) | Omoiotyphlops priscus (179194) | |
| Rupelian | USA (South Carolina) | B. sp. (182155) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Spain (Castile-La Mancha) | Omoiotyphlops sp., B. sp. (136269) | |
| MN 2 | Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) | B. thomaskelleri (167464) | |
| Burdigalian | Italy (Sardinia) | B. gracilis (138825) | |
| MN 3 | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | B. antiquus (69179) | |
| Orleanian | Czech Republic (Ústí nad Labem) | B. thomaskelleri (48173) | |
| Orleanian | Czech Republic (Moravia) | B. sp. (200140) | |
| MN 4 | Czech Republic (Karlovy Vary) | Omoiotyphlops gracilis, Squamata indet. II (138666) | |
| Langhian | Spain (Catalonia) | B. sp. (180192) | |
| MN 5 | Austria (Lower Austria) | B. antiquus (205096) | |
| MN 5 - MN 6 | Turkey (Ankara) | B. sp. (68561) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | France (Midi-Pyrenees) | B. sp., B. antiquus (32191) | |
| Middle Miocene | Spain (Catalonia) | B. mendezi (174064) | |
| MN 6 | Germany (Bayern) | B. antiquus (49521) | |
| MN 7 + 8 | Turkey (Afyon) | B. strauchi (199779) | |
| Sarmatian | Romania (Arad) | B. gracilis (135812) | |
| MN 12 | Ukraine (Odessa) | B. strauchi (230603 230604) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | France | B. sp. (49096) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Morocco | B. sp. (32052) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Spain (Alcolea de Calatrava) | B. cinereus (224542) | |
| MN 16 | Spain (Catalonia) | B. cinereus (167736) | |
| Villanyian | Spain (Castellon) | B. cinereus (34929) | |
| Calabrian | Spain (Murcia) | B. sp. (34128) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Castilla-Leon) | B. cinereus (34925) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Granada) | B. cinereus (34985) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Malaga) | B. cinereus (195564) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Castellon) | B. cinereus (34932) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain (Alicante) | B. cinereus (199861 219152) |