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Blanus gracilis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Omoiotyphlops gracilis was named by Roček (1984). Its type specimen is DP FNSP 3771, a mandible (almost complete right dentary), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dolnice, which is in a MN 4 fluvial-lacustrine siltstone/marl in the Czech Republic.

It was recombined as Blanus gracilis by Venczel and Sanchíz (2006), Venczel and Stiuca (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. antiquus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Omoiotyphlops gracilis Roček pp. 55-59 figs. 3-7 pl. XVI
2006Blanus gracilis Venczel and Sanchíz p. 73
2008Blanus gracilis Venczel and Stiuca p. 755

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
infraorderAmphisbaeniaGray 1844
—Amphisbaeniformes
—Amphisbaenidae(Gray 1865)
genusBlanusWagler 1830
speciesgracilis()

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.

†Blanus gracilis Roček 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Created: 2005-09-05 19:45:44
Modified: 2005-09-05 21:45:44
Source: f = family, infrao = infraorder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Pianka and Vitt 2003, Behler and King 1979

Age range: base of the MN 4 to the top of the Sarmatian or 16.90000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy (Sardinia) Blanus gracilis (138825)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Czech Republic (Karlovy Vary) Omoiotyphlops gracilis, Squamata indet. II (type locality: 138666)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Romania (Arad) Blanus gracilis (135812)