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Elaphe kormosi

Reptilia - Colubridae

Taxonomy
Coluber kormosi was named by Bolkay (1913). Its type specimen is HGI Ob-4465/a, c, d and e (syntypes), a partial skull (one basioccipital, one ectopterygoid, one fragmentary parabasisphenoid, and one fragmentary palatine), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Polgárdi 2, which is in a MN 13 sinkhole /limestone in Hungary.

It was recombined as Elaphe kormosi by Rage (1984), Venczel (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. dione, E. kochfidischi, E. schrenckii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Coluber kormosi Bolkay p. 224 figs. 5,7,8 pl. XII
1984Elaphe kormosi Rage p. 46
1994Elaphe kormosi Venczel p. 9 figs. 4, 5

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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
genusElapheWagler 1833
specieskormosi()

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.

†Elaphe kormosi Bolkay 1913
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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 15:56:48
Modified: 2005-09-06 17:56:48
Source: g = genus, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Behler and King 1979, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the MN 12 to the top of the MN 13 or 7.90000 to 5.09000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 127.9 - 6.965Hungary (Komárom-Esztergom) Elaphe kormosi (167676)
MN 136.965 - 5.09Hungary (Central Transdanubia) Coluber kormosi (type locality: 69917)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Hungary (North Hungary) Elaphe kormosi (136067)