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Crotalus (rattlesnake)

Reptilia - Crotalidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Crotalus Linnaeus p. 214
1875Crotalus Cope p. 33
1902Crotalus Hay p. 481
1930Crotalus Hay p. 270
1985Crotalus Holman
1988Crotalus Carroll
1995Crotalus Parmley and Holman p. 85
2000Crotalus Holman
2007Crotalus Parmley and Holman p. 141
2010Crotalus Parmley and Hunter p. 539

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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
superfamilyColubroidea
familyCrotalidae()
genusCrotalus

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.

G. Crotalus Linnaeus 1758 [rattlesnake]
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Crotalus adamanteus Palisot de Beauvois 1799 [eastern diamondback rattlesnake]
Crotalus atrox Baird and Girard 1853
Crotalus horridus Linnaeus 1758 [timber rattlesnake]
Crotalus lepidus Kennicott 1861 [rock rattlesnake]
Crotalus potterensis Brattstrom 1953
Crotalus viridis Rafinesque 1818 [prairie rattlesnake]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Clarendonian to the top of the Holocene or 13.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 10.3 Ma

Collections (82 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Nebraska) Crotalus sp. (18327)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Crotalus horridus (18225)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oklahoma) Crotalus viridis (18076)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Crotalus sp. (18126 18247 18359)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Crotalus viridis (19931 19936 19940)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) Crotalus horridus (19954 27572) Crotalus indet. (19960)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Washington) Crotalus sp. (20062)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8Mexico (Baja California Sur) Crotalus sp. (19673)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Kansas) Crotalus viridis (19927)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Crotalus horridus (123875 124319)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Crotalus sp. (74246 125974)
Pleistocene (glacial)2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Puebla) Crotalus triseriatus (230672)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Crotalus adamanteus (180345) Crotalus sp. (227368)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Crotalus horridus (126660)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) Crotalus sp. (125952)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arkansas) Crotalus sp. (20290)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Crotalus adamanteus (20400)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (South Dakota) Crotalus sp. (20389)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Crotalus sp. (20173 20178)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) Crotalus horridus (20302)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Pennsylvania) Crotalus horridus (20354)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Crotalus atrox (20530) Crotalus horridus, Crotalus atrox (20337)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Crotalus viridis (20295 20516)
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean1.8 - 0.012USA (California) Crotalus sp. (20414)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126USA (California) Crotalus viridis (20639)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126USA (Colorado) Crotalus viridis (20361)
Middle Pleistocene (glacial)0.781 - 0.126USA (Florida) Crotalus adamanteus (75974)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Crotalus sp. (84880 161630)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Crotalus adamanteus (20491 180339)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Puebla) Crotalus indet. (230717)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.3 - 0.0USA (California) Crotalus viridis (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Missouri) Crotalus horridus (75995)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Crotalus viridis, Crotalus sp. (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Crotalus sp. (93141)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Crotalus adamanteus (154771 154921)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Crotalus adamanteus (20638 34269 100343 154804 155348) Crotalus giganteus, Crotalus adamanteus (154936)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Crotalus sp. (79581)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Crotalus horridus, Crotalus adamanteus (82258)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Crotalus sp. (155409)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Crotalus sp. (76059 76060)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Crotalus adamanteus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Crotalus sp. (63424 63425)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Crotalus horridus (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Crotalus sp. (20644)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Crotalus indet. (140701 140702) Crotalus indet., Crotalus atrox (93139 140704)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Crotalus atrox (79632)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Crotalus adamanteus (20650)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Crotalus sp., Crotalus horridus (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Crotalus sp. (76101)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Crotalus sp. (20604)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Nevada) Crotalus mitchelli, Crotalus viridis, Crotalus atrox (99602)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Crotalus horridus (104689)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0USA (Arizona) Crotalus scutulatus, Crotalus atrox (93374)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0USA (Tennessee) Crotalus sp. (63429)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Tennessee) Crotalus sp. (63428)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Georgia) Crotalus sp. (152113)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Texas) Crotalus sp. (79583)