Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae
Full reference: D. Parmley. 1988. Early Hemphillian (late Miocene) snakes from the Higgins local fauna of Lipscomb County, Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(3):322-327
Parent taxon: Colubrinae according to D. Parmley 1988
Sister taxa: Ameiseophis, Arizona, Coluber, Coluber etruriae, Coronella, Cyclophiops, Dinodon, Drymobius, Elaphe, Ficimia, Floridaophis, Lampropeltis, Liochlorophis, Macroprotodon, Masticophis, Nebraskophis, Opheodrys, Oxybelis, Paracoluber, Phyllorhynchus, Pituophis, Salvadora, Stilosoma, Telescopus, Texasophis, Zelceophis, Zilantophis
Subtaxa: Miocoluber dalquesti
Type: Miocoluber dalquesti
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Higgins Quarries ( of Texas)
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