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Madtsoiidae
Taxonomy
Madtsoiinae was named by Hoffstetter (1961). It is not extant.
It was misspelled as Madtsoinae by Kuhn (1966); it was reranked as the family Madtsoiidae by Hoffstetter (1961), McDowell (1987), Albino (2000), Martinelli and Forasiepi (2004), Augé and Rage (2006), Rage et al. (2008), Wilson et al. (2010), Longrich et al. (2012), McCartney and Seiffert (2016) and Gómez et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Boidae by Hoffstetter (1961) and Kuhn (1966); to Serpentes by Hoffstetter (1961) and McDowell (1987); to Alethinophidia by Albino (2000); to Serpentes by Martinelli and Forasiepi (2004); to Alethinophidia by Wilson et al. (2010); to Serpentes by Augé and Rage (2006), Rage et al. (2008), Longrich et al. (2012) and McCartney and Seiffert (2016); and to Ophidia by Gómez et al. (2019).
It was misspelled as Madtsoinae by Kuhn (1966); it was reranked as the family Madtsoiidae by Hoffstetter (1961), McDowell (1987), Albino (2000), Martinelli and Forasiepi (2004), Augé and Rage (2006), Rage et al. (2008), Wilson et al. (2010), Longrich et al. (2012), McCartney and Seiffert (2016) and Gómez et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Boidae by Hoffstetter (1961) and Kuhn (1966); to Serpentes by Hoffstetter (1961) and McDowell (1987); to Alethinophidia by Albino (2000); to Serpentes by Martinelli and Forasiepi (2004); to Alethinophidia by Wilson et al. (2010); to Serpentes by Augé and Rage (2006), Rage et al. (2008), Longrich et al. (2012) and McCartney and Seiffert (2016); and to Ophidia by Gómez et al. (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1961 | Madtsoiidae Hoffstetter |
| 1961 | Madtsoiinae Hoffstetter p. 159 |
| 1966 | Madtsoinae Kuhn p. 63 |
| 1987 | Madtsoiidae McDowell p. 7 |
| 2000 | Madtsoiidae Albino p. 249 |
| 2004 | Madtsoiidae Martinelli and Forasiepi p. 260 |
| 2006 | Madtsoiidae Augé and Rage p. 245 |
| 2008 | Madtsoiidae Rage et al. p. 391 |
| 2010 | Madtsoiidae Wilson et al. p. 1 |
| 2012 | Madtsoiidae Longrich et al. |
| 2016 | Madtsoiidae McCartney and Seiffert p. 2 |
| 2019 | Madtsoiidae Gómez et al. p. 774 |
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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.
Fm. †Madtsoiidae Hoffstetter 1961
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G. †Alamitophis Albino 1986
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†Alamitophis argentinus Albino 1986
†Alamitophis elongatus Albino 1994
†Alamitophis tingamarra Scanlon 2005
G. †Madtsoia Simpson 1933
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†Madtsoia bai Simpson 1933
†Madtsoia camposi Rage 1998
†Madtsoia madagascariensis Hoffstetter 1961
†Madtsoia pisdurensis Mohabey et al. 2011
G. †Menarana LaDuke et al. 2010
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†Menarana laurasiae Rage 1996
†Menarana nosymena LaDuke et al. 2010
G. †Patagoniophis Albino 1986
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†Patagoniophis australiensis Scanlon 2005
†Patagoniophis parvus Albino 1986
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 99.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (88 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) | Madtsoiidae indet. (115189 115190) | |
| Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian | Niger (Tahoua) | Madtsoia sp. (48867) | |
| Campanian - Maastrichtian | Sudan | Madtsoiidae indet. (28491) | |
| Campanian - Maastrichtian | Sudan (Ash Shamaliyah) | Madtsoia sp. (38682) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Spain (Castilla y Leon) | Aniliidae indet., Madtsoia sp. (28406) Madtsoia laurasiae (28765 37199) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | France (Languedoc-Roussillon) | Madtsoiidae indet. (74660) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Alamitophis argentinus, Madtsoiidae indet., Patagoniophis parvus (49557) Alamitophis argentinus, Madtsoiinae indet., Patagoniophis parvus, Rionegrophis madtsoioides (45087) Alamitophis elongatus (48999) | |
| Maastrichtian | India (Maharashtra) | Madtsoia pisdurensis (26370 60397) | |
| Maastrichtian | Madagascar (Mahajanga) | Madtsoia madagascariensis (32366 39265 48539 48540 48541 55268 55269 70075 78931 84844 91207 118210) Madtsoia madagascariensis, Menarana nosymena (96693) Madtsoiidae indet. (55270) Menarana nosymena (96692 96694) Menarana nosymena, Madtsoiidae indet. (39266) Serpentes indet. (25074) | |
| Maastrichtian | Argentina (Chubut) | Alamitophis argentinus, Madtsoiidae indet., Boidae indet. (26749) Eomadtsoia ragei (121187 231490 231495) Eomadtsoia sp. (231453) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Rionegrophis madtsoioides (206967) Rionegrophis sp. (206969) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Romania (Hunedoara) | Madtsoiidae indet. (13334) Nidophis insularis (67817) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | India (Maharashtra) | Madtsoiidae indet. (224687) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Romania (Hunedoara) | Madtsoiidae indet. (48445) Nidophis insularis (193944) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Bolivia (Cochabamba) | Serpentes indet. (12855) | |
| Danian | Bolivia (Mizque) | Madtsoiidae indet. (49076) | |
| Danian | Pakistan (Sind) | Gigantophis sp. (166592) | |
| Selandian - Thanetian | Argentina (Jujuy) | Powellophis andina (228014) | |
| Thanetian | Morocco (Meknès-Tafilalet) | Madtsoiidae indet. (88301) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene | Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) | Madtsoia camposi (48091) | |
| Riochican | Argentina (Chubut) | Madtsoia sp. (14205) | |
| Ypresian | India (Gujarat) | Madtsoiidae indet. (55494) Madtsoiidae indet., Platyspondylophis tadkeshwarensis (180565) | |
| Ypresian | Morocco | Madtsoiidae indet. (133216) | |
| Ypresian | Australia (Queensland) | Madtsoia sp., Alamitophis tingamarra, Patagoniophis australiensis (59088) | |
| Eocene | Argentina | Madtsoia bai (61230) | |
| Middle Eocene | Argentina (Chubut) | Madtsoia bai (61228) | |
| Bartonian | Argentina (Chubut) | Madtsoia sp. (13779) | |
| Bartonian | India (Gujarat) | Madtsoiidae indet. (48074) | |
| Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene | Libya | Gigantophis garstini (48077) Gigantophis sp. (55449) | |
| Priabonian | Egypt | Gigantophis garstini (67706 79700) | |
| Deseadan | Argentina (Chubut) | Madtsoia sp. (14211) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | India (Jammu and Kashmir) | Madtsoiidae indeterminate (180534) | |
| Chattian | Australia (Queensland) | Yurlunggur sp. (134945 135706) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Australia (Queensland) | Yurlunggur sp., Nanowana godthelpi, Nanowana schrenki (106497 134947) Yurlunggur sp., Wonambi barriei (106498) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (Queensland) | Nanowana godthelpi (135748) Yurlunggur sp. (117979 134948) | |
| Burdigalian | Australia (Queensland) | Yurlunggur sp., Nanowana godthelpi, Nanowana schrenki, Wonambi barriei (134946) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Australia (Queensland) | Yurlunggur sp. (28420) | |
| Middle Miocene | Australia (Northern Territory) | Yurlunggur camfieldensis (13314) | |
| Middle Miocene | Australia (Queensland) | Yurlunggur sp. (154249) | |
| Tortonian | Australia (Queensland) | Nanowana sp. (68775) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | Australia (South Australia) | Wonambi naracoortensis (136228) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Wonambi naracoortensis (96021 136222) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Wonambi naracoortensis (28298 135983 136159) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Wonambi naracoortensis (28364) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Wonambi naracoortensis (194845) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Wonambi naracoortensis (136075) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (South Australia) | Wonambi naracoortensis (136172) |