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Molgophis
Taxonomy
Molgophis was named by Cope (1868). It is the type genus of Molgophidae.
It was synonymized subjectively with Brachydectes by Pardo and Anderson (2016).
It was assigned to Microsauria by Cope (1869); to Molgophidae by Cope (1875), Hay (1902); to Lysorophidae by Carroll (1988); and to Lysorophia by Carroll et al. (1998).
It was synonymized subjectively with Brachydectes by Pardo and Anderson (2016).
It was assigned to Microsauria by Cope (1869); to Molgophidae by Cope (1875), Hay (1902); to Lysorophidae by Carroll (1988); and to Lysorophia by Carroll et al. (1998).
Synonymy list
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G. †Molgophis Cope 1868
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available