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Tropidophiinae

Reptilia - Tropidophiidae

Taxonomy
Tropidophiinae was named by Cope (1894) [also attributed to Brongersma, 1951]. It is extant.

It was corrected as Tropidophinae by Rage (1984); it was misspelled as Tropidopheinae by Holman (2000), Szyndlar et al. (2008) and Cernansky et al. (2015).

It was assigned to Boidae by Kuhn (1966), Rage (1984) and Holman (2000); and to Tropidophiidae by Szyndlar et al. (2008) and Cernansky et al. (2015).

Subtaxa
Falseryx, Rottophis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Tropidophiinae Cope
1966Tropidophinae Kuhn p. 63
1984Tropidophinae Rage p. 28
2000Tropidopheinae Holman
2008Tropidophiinae Szyndlar et al. p. 394
2015Tropidophiinae Cernansky et al. p. 114

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
—Macrostomata
familyTropidophiidaeCope 1894
subfamilyTropidophiinaeCope 1894
subfamilyTropidophiinaeCope 1894

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.

Subfm. Tropidophiinae Cope 1894
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G. †Falseryx Szyndlar and Rage 2003
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†Falseryx neervelpensis Szyndlar et al. 2008
†Falseryx petersbuchi Szyndlar and Rage 2003
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Invalid names: Bransateryx septentrionalis Szyndlar 1987 [replaced]
G. †Rottophis Szyndlar and Böhme 1996
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†Rottophis atavus von Meyer 1855
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Invalid names: Coluber papyraceus Fischer 1857 [objective synonym], Morelia papyracea Troschel 1858 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Entire body: yessubf
Adult length: 100 to < 1000subf
Environment: terrestrialsubf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubf
Diet: carnivoresubf
Reproduction: viviparoussubf
Created: 2005-09-23 13:43:37
Modified: 2005-09-23 15:43:37
Source: subf = subfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Greene 1997

Age range: base of the MP 30 to the top of the MN 7 + 8 or 28.40000 to 11.10000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Belgium (Brabant) Falseryx neervelpensis (75867)
MP 2728.4 - 23.03Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Tropidonotus atavus (59124)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westfalia) Morelia papyracea, Tropidonotus atavus, Elaphis atavus (84606)
MP 30 - MN 128.4 - 22.4Turkey (Anatolia) Falseryx sp. (182505)
MN 123.03 - 22.4Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Falseryx petersbuchi (69617)
MN 123.03 - 22.4Turkey (Ankara) Falseryx sp. (64382)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Turkey (Ankara) Falseryx sp. (64376 64378)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Falseryx sp. (167464)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97Spain (Castile-La Mancha) Falseryx sp. (60283)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Germany (Bavaria) Falseryx petersbuchi (28629)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Czech Republic (Karlovy Vary) Bransateryx septentrionalis (138666)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany Falseryx sp. (46955)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Falseryx sp. (49520)