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Gigantophis
Taxonomy
Gigantophis was named by Andrews (1901). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Madtsoiinae by Hoffstetter (1961) and Rage (1984); to Boidae by Andrews (1906) and Carroll (1988); and to Madtsoiidae by Mohabey et al. (2011), McCartney and Seiffert (2016) and Rio and Mannion (2017).
It was assigned to Madtsoiinae by Hoffstetter (1961) and Rage (1984); to Boidae by Andrews (1906) and Carroll (1988); and to Madtsoiidae by Mohabey et al. (2011), McCartney and Seiffert (2016) and Rio and Mannion (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1901 | Gigantophis Andrews |
| 1906 | Gigantophis Andrews p. 307 |
| 1961 | Gigantophis Hoffstetter p. 159 |
| 1984 | Gigantophis Rage p. 30 |
| 1988 | Gigantophis Carroll |
| 2011 | Gigantophis Mohabey et al. p. 592 |
| 2016 | Gigantophis McCartney and Seiffert p. 2 |
| 2017 | Gigantophis Rio and Mannion |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene | Libya | G. garstini (48077) G. sp. (55449) | |
| Priabonian | Egypt | G. garstini (67706 79700) |