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Krebsophis thobanus

Reptilia - Russellophiidae

Taxonomy
Krebsophis thobanus was named by Rage and Werner (1999). Its type specimen is Vb-681, a set of vertebrae (single mid-trunk vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wadi Abu Hashim, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian lacustrine - large siliciclastic in the Wadi Milk Formation of Sudan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Krebsophis thobanus Rage and Werner p. 100 figs. 16-17

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

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.

Krebsophis thobanus Rage and Werner 1999
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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 Campanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Sudan Krebsophis thobanus (type locality: 28491)