Ophisaurus manchenioi
| Ophisaurus manchenioi Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Genus: | Ophisaurus |
| Species: | †O. manchenioi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Ophisaurus manchenioi Blain & Bailon, 2019
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Ophisaurus manchenioi is an extinct species of Ophisaurus that lived during the Calabrian stage of the Pleistocene epoch.
Distribution
Ophisaurus manchenioi is known from Sierra de Quibas in Murcia, Spain.[1]
References
- ^ Blain, Hugues-Alexandre; Bailon, Salvador (15 April 2019). "Extirpation of Ophisaurus (Anguimorpha, Anguidae) in Western Europe in the context of the disappearance of subtropical ecosystems at the Early-Middle Pleistocene transition". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 520: 96–113. Bibcode:2019PPP...520...96B. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.01.023. Retrieved 6 June 2025 – via Elsevier Science Direct.