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Sistrurus (pigmy rattlesnake)

Reptilia - Crotalidae

Taxonomy
Sistrurus was named by Garman (1883). It is extant.

It was assigned to Crotalinae by Parmley and Holman (2007), Parmley and Hunter (2010).

Species
S. catenatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Sistrurus Garman
2007Sistrurus Parmley and Holman p. 141
2010Sistrurus Parmley and Hunter p. 539

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
superfamilyColubroidea
familyCrotalidae()
genusSistrurusGarman 1883

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.

G. Sistrurus Garman 1883 [pigmy rattlesnake]
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Sistrurus catenatus Rafinesque 1818
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Clarendonian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 12.50000 to 0.01400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 9.4 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Sistrurus sp. (18554)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Sistrurus sp. (18327)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan9.4 - 1.4USA (Tennessee) Sistrurus sp. (26574)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Kansas) Sistrurus catenatus (19931 19936)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Nebraska) Sistrurus catenatus (19954)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Sistrurus catenatus (19927)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Sistrurus catenatus (124319)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) Sistrurus catenatus (20390)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Sistrurus miliarius (20402)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Sistrurus miliarius (20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Sistrurus miliarius (20650)