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Pseudopus ahnikoviensis

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Pseudopus ahnikoviensis
Temporal range: Burdigalian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Anguidae
Genus: Pseudopus
Species:
P. ahnikoviensis
Binomial name
Pseudopus ahnikoviensis
Klembara, 2012

Pseudopus ahnikoviensis is an extinct species of Pseudopus that lived during the Burdigalian stage of the Miocene epoch.

Distribution

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Pseudopus ahnikoviensis is known from fossils unearthed at the site of Merkur, a locality in northwestern Bohemia in Czechia.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Klembara, Jozef (26 June 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:10.1080/02724634.2012.670177. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 15 June 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.