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Ogmophis

Reptilia - Loxocemidae

Taxonomy

Ogmophis was named by Cope (1844). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Reptilia by Douglass (1903); to Palaeophidae by Lambe (1908); to Boidae by Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Carroll (1988); to Erycinae by Rage (1984), Holman (2000), Parmley and Hunter (2010); and to Loxocemidae by Smith (2013).

Species

O. arenarum, O. compactus, O. europaeus, O. kansasensis, O. miocompactus, O. oregonensis, O. parvus, O. pauperrimus, O. pliocompactus, O. voorhiesi

Species lacking formal opinion data

O. microcompactus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1844	Ogmophis Cope
1902	Ogmophis Hay p. 480
1903	Ogmophus Douglass p. 171
1908	Ogmophis Lambe
1930	Ogmophis Hay p. 268
1984	Ogmophis Rage p. 25
1988	Ogmophis Carroll
2000	Ogmophis Holman
2010	Ogmophis Parmley and Hunter p. 528
2013	Ogmophis Smith p. 167

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Eugnathostomata
—	Teleostomi	(Bonaparte 1836)
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
—	Squamata	()
suborder	Ophidia	(Latreille 1804)
—	Serpentes	(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorder	Alethinophidia
—	Henophidia
family	Loxocemidae	Cope 1861
genus	Ogmophis	Cope 1844

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. †Ogmophis Cope 1844

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†Ogmophis arenarum Douglass 1903

†Ogmophis compactus Lambe 1908

†Ogmophis europaeus Meynarski 1982

†Ogmophis kansasensis Wilson 1968

†Ogmophis miocompactus Holman 1976

†Ogmophis oregonensis Cope 1844

†Ogmophis parvus Rogers 1976

†Ogmophis pauperrimus Vanzolini 1952

†Ogmophis pliocompactus Holman 1975

†Ogmophis voorhiesi Holman 1977

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: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Uintan to the top of the Serravallian or 46.20000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (21 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	USA (Wyoming)	O. voorhiesi (16517)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Georgia)	O. voorhiesi (27508)
Chadronian	37.0 - 33.9	USA (North Dakota)	O. compactus (16991)
Chadronian	37.0 - 33.9	Canada (Saskatchewan)	O. compactus (180203) O. sp., O. compactus (16919)
Orellan	33.9 - 31.8	USA (Nebraska)	O. compactus (179967)
Arikareean	29.5 - 18.5	USA (Oregon)	O. oregonensis (180202) O. sp. (212628)
Harrisonian	23.1 - 18.5	USA (Nebraska)	O. miocompactus (17802 27509)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	USA (Nebraska)	O. miocompactus (27510)
Hemingfordian	18.5 - 16.3	USA (Wyoming)	O. miocompactus (19074 19075)
Hemingfordian	18.5 - 16.3	USA (South Dakota)	O. miocompactus (17878)
Hemingfordian	18.5 - 16.3	USA (Florida)	O. pauperrimus (18597)
Barstovian	16.3 - 12.5	USA (Montana)	Ogmophus arenarum (18894)
Barstovian	16.3 - 12.5	USA (South Dakota)	O. miocompactus (18397)
Early/Lower Barstovian	16.3 - 12.5	USA (Texas)	O. miocompactus (18665)
Langhian - Serravallian	15.98 - 11.63	Poland (Silesia)	O. europaeus (42594)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	USA (Wyoming)	O. microcompactus (26758)
Clarendonian	12.5 - 9.4	USA (Kansas)	O. pliocompactus, O. kansasensis (18450)