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Paleryx rhombifer

Reptilia - Boidae

Taxonomy
Paleryx rhombifer was named by Owen (1849). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hordle Cliff (generic, non-specific locality), which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Headon Beds Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Paleryx rhombifer Owen p. 150
1850Paleryx rhombifer Owen
1984Paleryx rhombifer Rage p. 20

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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
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
—Macrostomata
superfamilyBooideaGray 1825
familyBoidaeGray 1825
subfamilyBoinaeGray 1825
genusPaleryxOwen 1850
speciesrhombifer

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.

†Paleryx rhombifer Owen 1849
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Grouping: solitarysuperf
Environment: freshwater, terrestrialsubf
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: scansorialsubf
Diet: carnivoresubf
Created: 2005-09-23 12:54:43
Modified: 2005-09-23 14:54:43
Source: subf = subfamily, superf = superfamily, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Behler and King 1979, Head 2005, Kiessling 2004, Greene 1997, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Paleryx rhombifer (38862 type locality: 181272) Serpentes indet. (39236)
MP 17A - MP 17B37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Paleryx rhombifer (28747)