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Amphisbaeniformes

Reptilia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Amphisbaeniformes Longrich et al.

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

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.

Unr. Amphisbaeniformes Longrich et al. 2015
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Unr. Amphisbaenidae Gray 1865 [worm lizard]
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G. Amphisbaena Linnaeus 1758
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Amphisbaena alba Linneaus 1758 [Red worm lizard]
†Amphisbaena braestrupi Gans and Montero 1998
Amphisbaena caeca Cuvier 1829 [Blind worm lizard]
Amphisbaena cubana Gundlach and Peters 1878 [Cuban worm lizard]
Amphisbaena darwini Dumeril and Bibron 1839 [Darwin's ringed worm lizard]
Amphisbaena fenestrata Cope 1861 [Cope's worm lizard]
Amphisbaena fuliginosa Linneaus 1758 [Speckled worm lizard]
Amphisbaena gonavensis Gans and Alexander 1962 [Gonave worm lizard]
Amphisbaena innocens Weinland 1862 [Innocent worm lizard]
†Amphisbaena laurenti Gans and Montero 1998
Amphisbaena vermicularis Wagler 1824 [Wagler's worm lizard]
G. Ancyclocranium Parker 1942 [Sharp-snouted worm lizards]
G. Anops Bell 1833 [King's worm lizards]
G. Baikia Gray 1865 [West African worm lizards]
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]
G. Bronia Gray 1865 [Brazilian worm lizards]
G. †Campinosaurus Auge 1992
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G. †Listromycter Charig and Gans 1990
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†Listromycter leakeyi Charig and Gans 1990
G. †Lophocranion Charig and Gans 1990
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†Lophocranion rusingense Charig and Gans 1990
Invalid names: Rhineurinae Vanzolini 1951 [empty]
Fm. Bipedidae Taylor 1951
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G. †Anniealexandria Smith 2009
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†Anniealexandria gansi Smith 2009
G. Bipes Bonnaterre 1789 [Two-legged worm lizards]
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Bipes biporus Cope 1894 [Five-toed worm lizard]
Bipes canaliculatus Bonnaterre 1789 [Four-toed worm lizard]
Bipes tridactylus Duges 1894 [Three-toed worm lizard]
Fm. Blanidae Kearney 2003
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G. †Blanosaurus Folie et al. 2013
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†Blanosaurus primeocaenus Folie et al. 2013
G. †Cuvieribaena Cernansky et al. 2015
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†Cuvieribaena carlgansi Cernansky et al. 2015
G. †Louisamphisbaena Auge 2012
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G. †Todrasaurus Augé and Rage 2006
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†Todrasaurus gheerbranti Augé and Rage 2006
Unr. Trogonophidae Bonaparte 1838
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G. †Palaeoblanus Schleich 1988
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†Palaeoblanus tobieni Schleich 1988
G. †Terastiodontosaurus Georgalis et al. 2024
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†Terastiodontosaurus marcelosanchezi Georgalis et al. 2024
G. Trogonophis Kaup 1830
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†Trogonophis darelbeidae Bailon 2000
Trogonophis wiegmanni Kaup 1830 [Checkerboard worm lizard]
Invalid names: Cadeidae Vidal and Hedges 2007 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialinfrao
Diet: insectivoreinfrao
Created: 2005-09-16 14:12:18
Modified: 2005-09-16 16:12:18
Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Pianka and Vitt 2003, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma

Collections (108 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mongolia (Omnogov) Amphisbaenidae indet. (181538)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium (Hainaut) Amphisbaenidae indet. (132949)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (North Dakota) Amphisbaenidae indet. (15000)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Morocco (Meknès-Tafilalet) Todrasaurus gheerbranti (88301)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0France (Champagne-Ardenne) Amphisbaenidae indet. (87925)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium (Brabant) Amphisbaenidae indet., Blanosaurus primeocaenus, Campinosaurus woutersi (35531)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Marne) Amphisbaenidae indet. (35535) Amphisbaenidae indet., Anniealexandria sp. (35533)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Tunisia Terastiodontosaurus marcelosanchezi (87795)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Anniealexandria gansi (15458)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Portugal (Região Centro) Amphisbaenidae indet. (79200)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6France (Var) Amphisbaenidae indet. (35538)
MP 1055.8 - 48.6France (Picardie) Amphisbaenidae indet. (68440)
MP 8 + 955.8 - 48.6France (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) Amphisbaenidae indet. (179145)
MP 8 + 955.8 - 48.6France (Picardie) Amphisbaenidae indet. (84997)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Amphisbaenidae indet. (15837)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Picardie Region) Amphisbaenidae indet., Louisamphisbaena ferox (12847)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Cuvieribaena carlgansi (12840)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain (Castilla y Leon) Blanidae indet. (40358)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Omoiotyphlops sp. (183350) Omoiotyphlops sp., Amphisbaenidae indet. (31736)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Spain (Catalonia) Blanidae indet. (31751)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Amphisbaenidae indet. (12841 12843 12852 12854) Amphisbaenidae indet., Blanidae indet. (12849) Blanidae indet., Amphisbaenidae indet. (12842)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Switzerland Amphisbaenidae indet. (31743)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees region) Blanidae indet., Amphisbaenidae indet. (12853)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Amphisbaenidae indet. (31758)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Amphisbaenidae indet. (16919)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Quercy) Amphisbaenidae indet., Blanidae indet. (12850)
MP 17A - MP 17B37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Amphisbaenidae indet. (28747)
MP 1937.2 - 33.9France Blanidae indet. (84656)
MP 1937.2 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Amphisbaenidae indet. (12846) Blanidae indet. (12844 12845)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene37.2 - 15.97France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Omoiotyphlops priscus (179194)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Amphisbaenidae indet. (31583)
MP 2133.9 - 28.4France (Quercy) Amphisbaenidae indet. (36708)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4France (Midi-Pyrenées) Amphisbaenidae indet. (167533) Amphisbaenidae indet., Blanidae indet. (167513 167537) Blanidae indet. (167534)
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France (Quercy) Amphisbaenidae indet. (179147)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (South Carolina) Blanus sp. (182155)
MP 2533.9 - 23.03France Amphisbaenidae indet. (60214)
MP 2533.9 - 23.03France (Quercy) Amphisbaenidae indet. (36717)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Florida) Amphisbaenidae indet. (17341)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (South Dakota) Amphisbaenidae indet. (17516)
MP 2628.4 - 23.03France (Quercy) Amphisbaenidae indet. (36718)
MP 2828.4 - 23.03Germany Palaeoblanus sp. (59886)
MP 2828.4 - 23.03France (Quercy) Amphisbaenidae indet. (36712 36715)
MP 28 - MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Blanidae indet., Palaeoblanus tobieni (59126)
MP 2928.4 - 23.03Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Blanidae indet. (74679)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Bavaria) Amphisbaenidae indet. (84364)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Palaeoblanus sp. (66105)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Amphisbaenidae indet. (179146)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Amphisbaenidae indet. (60281)
MN 123.03 - 22.4Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Palaeoblanus tobieni (69617)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Kenya Listromycter leakeyi, Lophocranion rusingense (63507)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Switzerland (Aargau) Amphisbaenidae indet. (201974)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Spain (Castile-La Mancha) Omoiotyphlops sp., Blanus sp., Amphisbaenidae indet. (136269)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Blanus thomaskelleri (167464)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (R.-P. and Hesse) Palaeoblanus tobieni (69606)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy (Sardinia) Blanus gracilis (138825)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Saudi Arabia Amphisbaenidae indet. (47069)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Blanus antiquus, Palaeoblanus tobieni (69179)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97Czech Republic (Ústí nad Labem) Blanus thomaskelleri (48173)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97Czech Republic (Moravia) Blanus sp. (200140)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Czech Republic (Karlovy Vary) Omoiotyphlops gracilis, Squamata indet. II (138666)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Kenya Amphisbaenidae indet. (22069 22081)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Spain (Catalonia) Blanus sp. (180192)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Palaeoblanus sp. nov., Palaeoblanus tobieni (34615)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Austria (Lower Austria) Blanus antiquus (205096)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Austria Amphisbaenidae indet. (174065 174067)
MN 5 - MN 615.97 - 12.75Turkey (Ankara) Blanus sp. (68561)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France (Midi-Pyrenees) Amphisbaenidae indet., Blanus sp., Blanus antiquus (32191)
Astaracian15.97 - 11.608Morocco (Tadla-Azilal) Amphisbaenidae indet. (48630)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Spain (Catalonia) Blanus mendezi (174064)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Germany (Bayern) Blanus antiquus (49521)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Turkey (Afyon) Blanus strauchi (199779)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Romania (Arad) Blanus gracilis (135812)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Spain Amphisbaenidae indet. (40765)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Ukraine (Khmel'nitsk'yi) Amphisbaenidae indet. (48446)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Granada) Amphisbaenidae indet. (35077)
MN 127.75 - 7.246Ukraine (Odessa) Blanus strauchi (230603 230604)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Turkey (Ankara) Amphisbaenidae indet. (34370)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Morocco Blanus sp., Trogonophis darelbeidae (32052)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588France Blanus sp. (49096)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Spain (Alcolea de Calatrava) Blanus cinereus (224542)
MN 163.2 - 2.588Spain (Catalonia) Blanus cinereus (167736)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Spain (Castellon) Blanus cinereus (34929)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Minas Gerais) Amphisbaena braestrupi, Amphisbaena laurenti (63430)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Murcia) Blanus sp. (34128)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Castilla-Leon) Blanus cinereus (34925)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Malaga) Blanus cinereus (195564)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Granada) Blanus cinereus (34985)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Castellon) Blanus cinereus (34932)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Amphisbaena sp. (85142)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Alicante) Blanus cinereus (199861 219152)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil Amphisbaena ridleyi (195071)