Pseudopus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata, Toxicofera
Subordo: Anguimorpha
Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha
Superfamilia: Diploglossa

Familia: Anguidae
Subfamilia: Anguinae
Genus: Pseudopus
Species (1 + †4): †P. ahnikoviensis – P. apodus – †P. confertus – †P. laurillardi – †P. pannonicus
Name

Pseudopus Merrem, 1820: 78

Type species: Pseudopus serpentinus Merrem, 1820, by monotypy.

References
Primary references

Merrem, B. 1820. Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien. Johann Christian Krieger: Marburg. xv + 191 pp., 1 pl. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Klembara, J. 1979. Neue Funde der Gattungen Ophisaurus und Anguis (Squamata, Reptilia) aus dem Untermiozän Westböhmens (ČSSR). Věstník Ústředního ústavu geologického 54: 163–169.
Klembara, J. 1981. Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Subfamilie Anguinae. Acta Universitatis Carolinae – Geologica 2: 121–168.
Klembara, J., Böhme, M. & Rummel, M. 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 Paywall Reference page.
Klembara, J. 2012. A new species of Pseudopus (Squamata, Anguidae) from the early Miocene of Northwest Bohemia (Czech Republic). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(4): 854–866. DOI: 10.2307/23251278 Paywall; JSTOR Hybrid open access journal
Klembara, J. & Rummel, M. 2018. New material of Ophisaurus, Anguis and Pseudopus (Squamata, Anguidae, Anguinae) from the Miocene of the Czech Republic and Germany and systematic revision and palaeobiogeography of the Cenozoic Anguinae. Geological Magazine 155(1): 20–44. DOI: 10.1017/S0016756816000753 Paywall Reference page.
Jandzík, D., Jablonski, D., Zinenko, O., Kukushkin, O.V., Moravec, J. & Gvoždík, V. 2018. Pleistocene extinctions and recent expansions in an anguid lizard of the genus Pseudopus. Zoologica Scripta 47(1): 21–32. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12256 Paywall Reference page.
Mikulíček, P., Jablonski, D., Páleník, M., Gvoždík, V. & Jandzík, D. 2018. Characterization of microsatellite markers in the genera Anguis and Pseudopus (Reptilia: Anguidae). Salamandra 54(2): 158–162. PDF Reference page.
Lavin, B.R. & Girman, D.J. 2019. Phylogenetic relationships and divergence dating in the Glass Lizards (Anguinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 133: 128–140. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.12.022 Paywall Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Pseudopus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 November 2017.

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
†Pseudopus ahnikoviensis
†Pseudopus laurillardi
†Pseudopus pannonicus
†Pseudopus rugosus

References

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.
Pseudopus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 May 2014.
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.
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.