This mentioned taxonomy is an attempt to make an conclusive assignment from the different classifications of various scientists. Because the taxonomy may change due to the latest investigative methods and other findings, our map is a guide only.
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Corresponding author (Name, Year)
Gray, 1844
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Amphisbaenia
German
Doppelschleichen
Alternative Name
scientific
Annulata
Ref.: R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution
scientific
Annulati
Ref.: E. D. Cope. 1871. On the homologies of some of the cranial bones of the Reptilia, and on the systematic arrangement of the class. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 19:194-247
German
Ringelechsen
German
Ringelschleichen
German
Wurmschleichen
Detailed description
Die Doppelschleichen (Amphisbaenia: Herkunft ἡ ἀμφίσβαιυ·α), auch Ringelschleichen, Wurmschleichen oder Ringelechsen genannt, sind eine Gruppe eigenartiger, an Regenwürmer erinnernde Schuppenkriechtiere (Squamata). Sie haben ihren Namen von Amphisbaena, einer mythischen Schlange mit einem Kopf an jedem Ende. Er bezieht sich darauf, dass bei den Tieren manchmal auf den ersten Blick nicht zu erkennen ist, an welchem Körperende sich der Kopf befindet. Früher wurden sie als Familie zu den Echsen (Lacertilia) gezählt, aber ihre anatomischen Besonderheiten und ihre lange eigenständige Evolution führte dazu, dass sie den Rang einer Unterordnung bekamen.
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P. C. Sereno, 1986 - Phylogeny of the bird-hipped dinosaurs (order Ornithischia) - National Geographic Research (2), 234-256 (journal article, English)
R. M. Sullivan, 1985 - A new middle Paleocene (Torrejonian) rhineurid amphisbaenian, Plesiorhineura tsentasi new genus, new species, from the San Juan Basin, New Mexico - Journal of Paleontology (59), 1481-1485 (journal article, English)
L. A. Nessov, 1985 - Redkie kostnye ryby, nazemiye yashcheritsy i mlekopitayushchie zony limanov i primorskikh nizmennostey mela Kyzylkumov [Rare bony fishes, terrestrial lizards, and mammals in the estuarine and coastal lowland zone of the Kyzyl-Kum Cretaceous] - Yearbook of the All-Union Paleontological Association (28), 199-219 (journal article, Russian)
Z. Roček, 1984 - Lizards (Reptilia: Sauria) from the Lower Miocene locality Dolnice (Bohemia, Czechoslovakia) - Rozpravy Československé Akademie Věd / Řada matematických a přirodních věd (94), 3-64 (journal article, English)
R. Estes, 1983 - Sauria terrestria, Amphisbaenia - Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie (10A), 1-249 (book/book chapter, English)
J. A. Holman, 1979 - A new amphisbaenian of the genus Rhineura from the middle Miocene of South Dakota - Herpetologica (35), 383-386 (journal article, English)
D. S. Berman, 1977 - Spathorhynchus natronicus, a new species of rhineurid amphisbaenian (Reptilia) from the Early Oligocene of Wyoming - Journal of Paleontology (51), 986-991 (journal article, English)
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