Elaphe kansensis Gilmore 1938 (colubrid snake)

Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae

Alternative combination: Palaeoelaphe kansensis

Full reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1938. Fossil snakes of North America. Geological Society of America Special Paper (9)1-96

Belongs to Elaphe according to B. H. Brattstrom 1967

See also Rage 1984

Sister taxa: Elaphe algorensis, Elaphe buisi, Elaphe guttata, Elaphe kohfidischi, Elaphe kormosi, Elaphe longissima, Elaphe nebraskensis, Elaphe obsoleta, Elaphe paralongissima, Elaphe parreyssii, Elaphe pliocenica, Elaphe praelongissima, Elaphe quatuorlineata, Elaphe szyndlari, Elaphe vulpina, Elaphis boulei

Type specimen: USNM 13500, a set of vertebrae. Its type locality is Long Island Quarry, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Ogallala Formation of Kansas.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Hemphillian of United States (1: Kansas collection)

• Miocene of United States (1: Nebraska)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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