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Loxocemidae (Mexican burrowing snake)

Reptilia - Loxocemidae

Taxonomy
Loxocemidae was named by Cope (1861). It is extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Loxoceminae by Kuhn (1966).

It was assigned to Aniliidae by Kuhn (1966); to Serpentes by Frank and Ramus (1996); to Henophidia by Vidal and Hedges (2002); and to Booidea by Smith (2013).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Loxocemidae Cope
1966Loxoceminae Kuhn p. 65
1996Loxocemidae Frank and Ramus
2002Loxocemidae Vidal and Hedges p. 983
2013Loxocemidae Smith p. 167

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
Henophidia
familyLoxocemidaeCope 1861
familyLoxocemidaeCope 1861

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Loxocemidae Cope 1861 [Mexican burrowing snake]
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G. †Ogmophis Cope 1844
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Ogmophis arenarum Douglass 1903
Ogmophis compactus Lambe 1908
Ogmophis europaeus Meynarski 1982
Ogmophis miocompactus Holman 1976
Ogmophis oregonensis Cope 1844
Ogmophis parvus Rogers 1976
Ogmophis pauperrimus Vanzolini 1952
Ogmophis pliocompactus Holman 1975
Ogmophis voorhiesi Holman 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Uintan to the top of the Serravallian or 46.20000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Wyoming) Ogmophis voorhiesi (16517)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Ogmophis voorhiesi (27508)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Ogmophis compactus (180203) Ogmophis sp., Ogmophis compactus (16919)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (North Dakota) Ogmophis compactus (16991)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Nebraska) Ogmophis compactus (179967)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Wyoming) Ogmophis sp. (99678)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Oregon) Ogmophis oregonensis (180202) Ogmophis sp. (212628)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Ogmophis miocompactus (17802 27509)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Ogmophis miocompactus (27510)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Florida) Ogmophis pauperrimus (18597)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Wyoming) Ogmophis miocompactus (19074 19075)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (South Dakota) Ogmophis miocompactus (17878)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Montana) Ogmophus arenarum (18894)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (South Dakota) Ogmophis miocompactus (18397)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) Ogmophis miocompactus (18665)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Poland (Silesia) Ogmophis europaeus (42594)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (Wyoming) Ogmophis microcompactus (26758)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Kansas) Ogmophis pliocompactus (18450)