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Dunnophis

Osteichthyes - Tropidophiidae

Taxonomy
Dunnophis was named by Hecht (1959). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Serpentes by Hecht (1959), Estes (1976); to Boidae by Carroll (1988); to Tropidopheinae by Rage (1984), Holman (2000); and to Tropidophiidae by Szyndlar et al. (2008).

Species
D. cadurcensis, D. matronensis, D. microechinis
Species lacking formal opinion data
D. microechinus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Dunnophis Hecht
1976Dunnophis Estes p. 512
1984Dunnophis Rage p. 28
1988Dunnophis Carroll
2000Dunnophis Holman
2008Dunnophis Szyndlar et al. p. 400

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
—Macrostomata
familyTropidophiidaeCope 1894
genusDunnophisHecht 1959

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.

G. †Dunnophis Hecht 1959
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†Dunnophis cadurcensis Rage 1974
†Dunnophis matronensis Rage 1973
†Dunnophis microechinis Hecht 1959
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the MP 17B or 59.24000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Morocco (Meknès-Tafilalet) D. sp. (88301)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Portugal (Região Centro) D. matronensis (79200)
MP 1056.0 - 48.07France (Picardie) D. sp., D. matronensis (68440)
MP 8 + 956.0 - 48.07France (Picardie) D. matronensis (84997)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Marne) D. matronensis (35533 35535 35539)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Oise) D. matronensis (68174)
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Wyoming) D. microechinis (16244 16431) D. microechinus (15837)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Rhone) D. cadurcensis, D. matronensis (151252)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Gard) D. sp. (59129)
Uintan45.9 - 39.7USA (Wyoming) Dunnophis indet. (16517)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie) D. sp. (177581)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) D. cadurcensis (12840)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) D. sp. (38862 39236 39299)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy) D. cadurcensis (12850)
MP 17A - MP 17B37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) D. sp. (28747)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) D. cadurcensis (12841 12842 12843 12849)