Pseudopus
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Anguidae
Subfamily: Anguinae
Genus: Pseudopus
Merrem, 1820
Type species
Lacerta apoda
Pallas, 1775

Pseudopus is a genus of anguid lizards that are native to Eurasia.[1] One extant species remains, the sheltopusik,[2] with four fossil species. They are the most robust members of subfamily Anguinae.[1][3] The oldest fossils of the group date to the Early Miocene, but there are possible Oligocene records.[4]

Classification

Genus Pseudopus[1][3]

  • Pseudopus apodus (Pallas, 1775) – sheltopusik, Pallas's glass lizard, European legless lizard, European glass lizard
  • †Pseudopus ahnikoviensis
  • †Pseudopus laurillardi
  • †Pseudopus pannonicus
  • †Pseudopus rugosus

References

  1. 1 2 3 Klembara, Jozef; Madelaine Böhme; Michael Rummel (2010). "Revision of the anguine lizard Pseudopus laurillardi (Squamata, Anguidae) from the Miocene of Europe, with comments on paleoecology". Journal of Paleontology. 84 (2): 159–196. doi:10.1666/09-033R1.1. S2CID 130738857.
  2. ↑ Pseudopus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 May 2014.
  3. 1 2 Jozef Klembara (2015). "New finds of anguines (Squamata, Anguidae) from the Early Miocene of Northwest Bohemia (Czech Republic)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 89 (2): 171–195. doi:10.1007/s12542-014-0226-4. S2CID 129436097.
  4. ↑ Villa, Andrea; Delfino, Massimo (November 2019). "Fossil lizards and worm lizards (Reptilia, Squamata) from the Neogene and Quaternary of Europe: an overview". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 138 (2): 177–211. doi:10.1007/s13358-018-0172-y. ISSN 1664-2384.


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