Anguimorpha

The Anguimorpha is a suborder of squamates. The group was named by Fürbringer in 1900 to include all autarchoglossans closer to Varanus and Anguis than Scincus. These lizards, along with iguanians and snakes, constitute the proposed "venom clade" Toxicofera of all venomous reptiles.

Anguimorpha

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
SquamataPBDB
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Amniota

Time the record covers

At least 165 million years on record.

The record covers at least 165.3 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 168.2 Mya to 0 Mya.

Middle Jurassic — about 2 of 1848 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 10 of 1848 occurrencesLate JurassicEarly Cretaceous — about 26 of 1848 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 311 of 1848 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 98 of 1848 occurrencesEocene — about 599 of 1848 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 144 of 1848 occurrencesMiocene — about 381 of 1848 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 73 of 1848 occurrencesPleistocene — about 170 of 1848 occurrences172–166 Mya — about 2 occurrences166–160 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences160–154 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences154–149 Mya — about 3 occurrences149–143 Mya — about 7 occurrences143–137 Mya — about 5 occurrences137–132 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences132–126 Mya — about 1 occurrence126–120 Mya — about 8 occurrences120–114 Mya — about 5 occurrences114–109 Mya — about 5 occurrences109–103 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences103–97 Mya — about 6 occurrences97–92 Mya — about 11 occurrences92–86 Mya — about 5 occurrences86–80 Mya — about 62 occurrences80–74 Mya — about 85 occurrences74–69 Mya — about 95 occurrences69–63 Mya — about 69 occurrences63–57 Mya — about 54 occurrences57–51 Mya — about 220 occurrences51–46 Mya — about 136 occurrences46–40 Mya — about 84 occurrences40–34 Mya — about 163 occurrences34–29 Mya — about 108 occurrences29–23 Mya — about 56 occurrences23–17 Mya — about 79 occurrences17–11 Mya — about 169 occurrences11–5.7 Mya — about 122 occurrences5.7–0 Mya — about 286 occurrences165.3 Mya11.7 ka172 Mya0 Mya

1,848 occurrences of Anguimorpha on record, most of them in the Eocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

1,848 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

225 formations

Willwood — 44.30°N, 109.00°WWillwood — 44.58°N, 108.90°WWillwood — 44.44°N, 108.63°WWillwood — 44.49°N, 108.54°WWillwood — 44.53°N, 108.79°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.54°WWillwood — 44.59°N, 108.41°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.72°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.90°WWillwood — 44.42°N, 108.74°WWillwood — 44.52°N, 108.65°WWillwood — 44.66°N, 108.79°WWillwood — 43.92°N, 108.66°WWillwood — 44.78°N, 108.97°WWillwood — 44.85°N, 109.17°WWillwood — 44.28°N, 108.58°WWillwood — 44.30°N, 108.20°WWillwood — 44.30°N, 108.07°WWillwood — 43.95°N, 107.57°WWillwood — 44.50°N, 108.00°WWillwood — 45.00°N, 109.05°WWillwood — 44.00°N, 108.00°WWillwood — 44.10°N, 108.20°WWillwood — 44.88°N, 108.78°WWasatch — 42.37°N, 108.91°WWasatch — 41.80°N, 110.70°WWasatch — 41.70°N, 109.00°WWasatch — 42.72°N, 110.10°WWasatch — 44.50°N, 108.00°WWasatch — 40.60°N, 108.10°WWasatch — 44.00°N, 106.60°WOldman — 49.10°N, 110.94°WOldman — 49.08°N, 110.84°WOldman — 49.08°N, 110.68°WOldman — 49.16°N, 110.72°WOldman — 50.70°N, 111.50°WOldman — 49.30°N, 110.60°WOldman — 50.90°N, 111.80°WBridger — 42.37°N, 108.91°WBridger — 42.42°N, 109.35°WBridger — 42.70°N, 110.10°WBridger — 41.80°N, 110.70°WBridger — 41.28°N, 110.03°WBridger — 41.20°N, 110.50°WBridger — 41.60°N, 109.97°WBridger — 41.04°N, 110.23°WBridger — 41.24°N, 109.70°WBridger — 41.27°N, 110.34°WBridger — 41.50°N, 110.60°WBridger — 41.37°N, 109.82°WBridger — 41.70°N, 109.00°WFort Union — 41.30°N, 107.74°WFort Union — 45.80°N, 109.80°WFort Union — 44.91°N, 108.93°WFort Union — 44.72°N, 108.62°WFort Union — 44.72°N, 108.38°WFort Union — 44.66°N, 108.30°WFort Union — 43.85°N, 108.35°WFort Union — 44.30°N, 109.00°WFort Union — 46.05°N, 104.48°WFort Union — 46.90°N, 101.50°WFort Union — 47.60°N, 107.00°WFort Union — 42.29°N, 108.18°WBrule — 42.62°N, 105.25°WBrule — 42.90°N, 105.38°WBrule — 40.95°N, 103.38°WBrule — 40.83°N, 104.00°WBrule — 42.78°N, 103.88°WBrule — 41.80°N, 103.80°WBrule — 43.30°N, 102.50°WBrule — 43.90°N, 102.40°WBrule — 40.74°N, 103.19°WBrule — 42.40°N, 103.80°WBrule — 40.80°N, 103.10°WBrule — 41.70°N, 103.10°WBrule — 42.86°N, 103.91°WBrule — 42.48°N, 103.77°WBrule — 43.71°N, 102.58°WBrule — 42.76°N, 105.38°WBrule — 41.50°N, 103.80°WBrule — 42.90°N, 105.20°WBrule — 43.63°N, 102.64°WBrule — 45.62°N, 103.27°WBrule — 42.85°N, 103.82°WLance — 43.35°N, 104.48°WLance — 43.12°N, 104.64°WLance — 41.57°N, 108.67°WLance — 43.18°N, 104.53°WLance — 43.15°N, 104.57°WLance — 43.13°N, 104.49°WLance — 43.24°N, 104.29°WLance — 47.79°N, 104.56°WChadron — 46.10°N, 103.30°WChadron — 42.40°N, 103.80°WChadron — 42.80°N, 103.40°WChadron — 43.60°N, 102.45°WChadron — 43.30°N, 102.50°WChadron — 45.47°N, 112.62°WChadron — 41.96°N, 104.38°WChadron — 42.00°N, 104.20°WChadron — 42.67°N, 105.31°WChadron — 43.00°N, 104.50°WChadron — 42.97°N, 105.50°WChadron — 43.00°N, 104.23°WChadron — 42.80°N, 103.10°WChadron — 42.69°N, 103.42°WChadron — 45.90°N, 112.25°WChadron — 43.20°N, 107.10°WChadron — 42.86°N, 103.57°WHell Creek — 47.80°N, 106.10°WHell Creek — 47.55°N, 107.13°WHell Creek — 47.57°N, 107.10°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 106.40°WHell Creek — 47.55°N, 107.25°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 107.18°WHell Creek — 47.07°N, 106.92°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 106.27°WHell Creek — 46.41°N, 103.50°WHell Creek — 45.50°N, 103.10°WHell Creek — 45.64°N, 103.49°WHell Creek — 47.10°N, 104.69°WHell Creek — 45.00°N, 103.19°WWind River — 43.13°N, 104.07°WWind River — 43.20°N, 108.20°WWind River — 43.20°N, 107.10°WWind River — 43.23°N, 107.34°WWind River — 43.73°N, 107.76°WFriars — 32.90°N, 117.10°WUpper Freshwater Molasse — 48.15°N, 9.88°EUpper Freshwater Molasse — 48.44°N, 11.04°EUpper Freshwater Molasse — 48.66°N, 10.23°EUpper Freshwater Molasse — 48.63°N, 11.80°EUpper Freshwater Molasse — 48.57°N, 12.00°EUpper Freshwater Molasse — 48.50°N, 11.09°EUpper Freshwater Molasse — 48.60°N, 11.08°EUpper Freshwater Molasse — 48.09°N, 10.03°EUpper Freshwater Molasse — 47.67°N, 8.93°EUpper Freshwater Molasse — 48.17°N, 10.10°ESan Jose — 36.50°N, 107.00°WSan Jose — 36.19°N, 107.09°WSan Jose — 36.37°N, 107.00°WSan Jose — 36.41°N, 107.08°WSan Jose — 36.24°N, 106.95°WSan Jose — 36.18°N, 106.99°WPerrière — 44.37°N, 1.73°EPerrière — 44.38°N, 1.43°EPerrière — 44.35°N, 1.73°EAguja — 29.32°N, 103.52°WAguja — 29.10°N, 103.17°WAguja — 29.34°N, 103.59°WGreen River — 40.20°N, 109.90°WGreen River — 41.80°N, 110.70°WGreen River — 41.20°N, 110.50°WGreen River — 41.67°N, 110.67°WGreen River — 39.53°N, 107.95°WGreen River — 42.70°N, 110.10°WMost — 50.42°N, 13.36°EHuerfano — 37.80°N, 105.10°WHuerfano — 37.80°N, 105.20°WKaiparowits — 37.80°N, 111.50°WKaiparowits — 37.42°N, 111.77°WKaiparowits — 37.40°N, 111.20°WBaruungoyot — 43.49°N, 101.15°EBaruungoyot — 43.15°N, 99.45°EBaruungoyot — 43.32°N, 99.83°EQuercy Phosphorites — 44.27°N, 1.63°EDjadokhta — 43.66°N, 100.90°EDjadokhta — 42.08°N, 102.17°EDjadokhta — 44.00°N, 104.00°EDjadokhta — 44.22°N, 103.27°EDjadokhta — 43.65°N, 100.78°EDjadokhta — 44.09°N, 102.91°EDjadokhta — 44.16°N, 103.69°EUinta — 40.13°N, 109.52°WUinta — 40.11°N, 109.22°WUinta — 40.20°N, 109.90°WUinta — 40.07°N, 109.28°WUinta — 40.07°N, 109.70°WUinta — 40.06°N, 109.62°WNacimiento — 35.70°N, 107.00°WNacimiento — 36.57°N, 107.97°WNacimiento — 36.30°N, 108.20°WNacimiento — 36.35°N, 108.02°WNacimiento — 36.27°N, 107.76°W

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The named rock units Anguimorpha has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 201 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 706 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Anguimorpha and its relatives

Eocene

Where Anguimorpha and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

3,637 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 1,063 sites for Anguimorpha, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

490 references

Each of the 1,848 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 478 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Anguimorpha

Credit
nobody named on the record
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

CT scan

Licence
In Copyright
Commercial use
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Specimen
Anguimorpha indet. · IGM:MAE:3/1661

The description on this site

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CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Fürbringer 1900)