Pseudopus

Pseudopus Temporal range: Early Miocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Anguimorpha
Family:	Anguidae
Subfamily:	Anguinae
Genus:	Pseudopus Merrem, 1820
Type species
Lacerta apoda Pallas, 1775

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] with the largest species †P. pannonicus growing up to 2 metres in length.^[4] The oldest fossils of the group date to the Early Miocene, but there are possible Oligocene records.^[5]

1. ^ ^{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. Bibcode:2010JPal...84..159K. doi:10.1666/09-033R1.1. S2CID 130738857.
2. ^ Pseudopus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 May 2014.
3. ^ ^{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. Bibcode:2015PalZ...89..171K. doi:10.1007/s12542-014-0226-4. S2CID 129436097.
4. ^ Loréal, Erwan; Georgalis, Georgios L.; Čerňanský, Andrej (2025). "(Squamata), the largest known anguid lizard—Redescription of the type material and new specimens from the Neogene and Quaternary of Hungary and Poland". The Anatomical Record. 308 (1): 45–113. doi:10.1002/ar.25525. ISSN 1932-8494.
5. ^ 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. Bibcode:2019SwJP..138..177V. doi:10.1007/s13358-018-0172-y. ISSN 1664-2384.

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