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Palaeophis porcatus

Reptilia - Palaeophiidae

Taxonomy
Palaeophis porcatus was named by Owen (1849). It is not extant. Its type locality is Bracklesham, Earnley Formation, which is in a Lutetian marginal marine sandstone in the Earnley Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. taliapicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Palaeophis porcatus Owen p. 144
1881Palaeophis porcatus de Zigno p. 783

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
familyPalaeophiidae()
genusPalaeophisOwen 1841
speciesporcatus

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.

†Palaeophis porcatus Owen 1849
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Palaeophis porcatus (type locality: 41847)