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Zamenis

Osteichthyes - Colubridae

Taxonomy
Zamenis was named by Wagler (1830). It is extant.

It was assigned to Serpentes by Wagler (1830); and to Colubridae by Gilmore (1938).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Zamenis Wagler
1938Zamenis Gilmore

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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)
familyColubridae
genusZamenis

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. Zamenis Wagler 1830
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2005-09-05 19:47:49
Modified: 2005-09-05 21:47:49
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Behler and King 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the MN 1 to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 123.04 - 22.4Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Z. kohfdischi (69617)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Hungary (Heves) Z. sp. (168177)
MN 154.16 - 3.55Slovakia (Trenčín) Z. longissimus (34255)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Hungary (Barany) Z. jugularis (35369)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Italy (Verona) Z. longissimus (206747)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Romania (Ilfov) Z. longissimus (230700)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Belgium (Namur) Z. longissimus (206229)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Serbia Z. longissimus (191943)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) Z. situla, Z. longissima (184245)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Alicante) Z. sp., Z. scalaris (219152)