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Cholophidia

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Cholophidia was named by Nopcsa (1923).

It was reranked as the superfamily Cholophidia by Kuhn (1946).

It was assigned to Ophidia by Kuhn (1946); and to Serpentes by Kuhn (1966).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Cholophidia Nopcsa
1946Cholophidia Kuhn p. 62
1966Cholophidia Kuhn p. 60

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderCholophidiaNopcsa 1923
infraorderCholophidiaNopcsa 1923

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.

Infraor. †Cholophidia Nopcsa 1923
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Fm. †Lapparentopheidae Hoffstetter 1959
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G. †Lapparentophis Hoffstetter 1959
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†Lapparentophis defrennei Hoffstetter 1959
†Lapparentophis ragei Čerňanský et al. 2019
Fm. †Pachyophidae Nopcsa 1923
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G. †Eupodophis Rage and Escuillié 2001
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†Eupodophis descouensi Rage and Escuillié 2000
G. †Mesophis Bolkay 1925
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†Mesophis nopcsai Bolkay 1925
G. †Pachyophis Nopcsa 1923
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†Pachyophis wardi Nopcsa 1923
†Pachyophis woodwardi Nopcsa 1923
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Albian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 113.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Berriasian - Early/Lower Cenomanian143.1 - 93.9Algeria (Illizi) Lapparentophis defrennei (25222)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Algeria Lapparentopheidae indet. (187588)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herzegovina) Pachyophis woodwardi, Mesophis nopcsai (53519)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Lapparentophis ragei (196796)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon (Kesrouâne) Podophis descouensi (60285)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon Eupodophis descouensi (60311)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Bosnia and Herzegovina Pachyophiidae indet. (191944)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Sudan (Ash Shamaliyah) Lapparentophiidae indet. (38682)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Sudan Lapparentophiidae sp. "A", Lapparentophiidae sp. "B" (28491)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Andhra Pradesh) Cholophidia indet. (27014)