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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8699052https://www.gbif.org/species/8699052
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)252917https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=252917
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Trogonophidae : Palaeoblanus : Palaeoblanus tobieni
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Trogonophidae : Palaeoblanus : Palaeoblanus tobieni
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Lepidosauromorpha
superorderLepidosauria
orderSquamataOppel 1811
infraorderAmphisbaeniaGray 1844
-AmphisbaeniformesLongrich et al. 2015
-Trogonophidae
genusPalaeoblanusSchleich 1988
speciesPalaeoblanus tobieniSchleich 1988
Generic NamePalaeoblanus
Scientific NamePalaeoblanus tobieni Schleich, 1988
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Palaeoblanus tobienispeciesbelongs to Palaeoblanusstated with evidenceSchleich, 1988
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance28.4 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance16.0 - 13.7 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Amphisbaenia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietinsectivore (based on Amphisbaenia)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)H.-H. Schleich. 1988. Neue Reptilienfunde aus dem Tertiär Deutschlands. 8. Palaeoblanus tobieni n. gen., n. sp. - neue Doppelschleichen aus dem Tertiär Deutschlands [New reptile discoveries from the Tertiary of Germany 8: Palaeoblanus tobieni n. gen., n. sp., - new amphisbaenids from the Tertiary of Germany]. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 62(1-2):95-105

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1988Palaeoblanus tobieni Schleich p. 96 figs. 1-3

References

Schleich H.-H. (1988) Neue Reptilienfunde aus dem Tertiär Deutschlands. 8. Palaeoblanus tobieni n. gen., n. sp. - neue Doppelschleichen aus dem Tertiär Deutschlands [New reptile discoveries from the Tertiary of Germany 8: Palaeoblanus tobieni n. gen., n. sp., - new amphisbaenids from the Tertiary of Germany], Paläontologische Zeitschrift 62 1-2, 95-105 doi:10.1007/BF02989837
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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