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Cholophidia

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Cholophidia was named by Nopcsa (1923).

It was reranked as the superfamily Cholophidia by Kuhn (1946).

It was assigned to Ophidia by Kuhn (1946); and to Serpentes by Kuhn (1966).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Cholophidia Nopcsa
1946Cholophidia Kuhn p. 62
1966Cholophidia Kuhn p. 60

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderCholophidiaNopcsa 1923
infraorderCholophidiaNopcsa 1923

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.

Infraor. †Cholophidia Nopcsa 1923
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Fm. †Lapparentopheidae Hoffstetter 1959
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G. †Lapparentophis Hoffstetter 1959
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†Lapparentophis defrennei Hoffstetter 1959
†Lapparentophis ragei Čerňanský et al. 2019
Fm. †Pachyophidae Nopcsa 1923
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G. †Eupodophis Rage and Escuillié 2001
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†Eupodophis descouensi Rage and Escuillié 2000
G. †Mesophis Bolkay 1925
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†Mesophis nopcsai Bolkay 1925
G. †Pachyophis Nopcsa 1923
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†Pachyophis wardi Nopcsa 1923
†Pachyophis woodwardi Nopcsa 1923
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available