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Arizona voorhiesi

Reptilia - Colubridae

Taxonomy
Arizona voorhiesi was named by Parmley and Holman (1995). Its type specimen is UNSM 96432, a set of vertebrae (trunk vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lemoyne Quarry, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Ash Hollow Formation of Nebraska.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Arizona voorhiesi Parmley and Holman p. 80

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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)
familyColubridae
subfamilyColubrinae
genusArizonaKennicott 1859
speciesvoorhiesi

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.

†Arizona voorhiesi Parmley and Holman 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: carnivoreg
Created: 2005-09-06 15:42:32
Modified: 2005-09-06 17:42:32
Source: g = genus, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Behler and King 1979

Age range: Hemphillian or 9.40000 to 4.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Nebraska) Arizona voorhiesi (type locality: 18225)