Pseudopus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Subfamily: | Anguinae |
| Genus: | Pseudopus Merrem, 1820 |
| Type species | |
| Lacerta apoda Pallas, 1775
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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]
Classification
- Pseudopus apodus
- †Pseudopus ahnikoviensis
- †Pseudopus laurillardi
- †Pseudopus pannonicus
- †Pseudopus rugosus
References
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ Pseudopus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 May 2014.
- ^ a b 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.
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