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Sanjuanophis froehlichi

Osteichthyes - Boidae

Taxonomy
Sanjuanophis froehlichi was named by Sullivan and Lucas (1988). Its type specimen is UNM J-105, a set of vertebrae, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UNM locality 33A, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the San Jose Formation of New Mexico. It is the type species of Sanjuanophis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Sanjuanophis froehlichi Sullivan and Lucas p. 636 figs. 5.1-5.6, 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
Macrostomata
superfamilyBooideaGray 1825
familyBoidaeGray 1825
subfamilyBoinaeGray 1825
genusSanjuanophis
speciesfroehlichi

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.

Sanjuanophis froehlichi Sullivan and Lucas 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Grouping: solitarysuperf
Environment: freshwater, terrestrialsubf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubf
Diet: carnivoresubf
Created: 2005-09-23 12:54:43
Modified: 2005-09-23 14:54:43
Source: subf = subfamily, superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Head 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Behler and King 1979, Greene 1997

Age range: Wasatchian or 56.00000 to 51.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (New Mexico) Sanjuanophis froehlichi (186898 type locality: 186906)