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Acrochordoidea

Osteichthyes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Acrochordoidea McDowell
1984Acrochordoidea Rage p. 38
1988Acrochordoidea Carroll
1997Acrochordoidea Greene
2010Acrochordoidea Snetkov and Bannikov p. 698
2012Acrochordoidea Zvonok and Snetkov p. 394

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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
superfamilyAcrochordoidea
superfamilyAcrochordoidea

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.

Superfm. Acrochordoidea McDowell 1979
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Fm. †Nigeropheidae Rage 1975
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G. †Nigerophis Rage 1975
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†Nigerophis mirus Rage 1975
G. †Woutersophis Rage 1980
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†Woutersophis novus Rage 1980
Fm. †Nigerophiidae Rage 1975
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G. †Amananulam McCartney et al. 2018
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†Amananulam sanogoi McCartney et al. 2018
G. †Indophis Rage and Prasad 1992
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†Indophis fanambinana Pritchard et al. 2014
†Indophis sahnii Rage and Prasad 1992
G. †Kelyophis LaDuke et al. 2010
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†Kelyophis hechti LaDuke et al. 2010
G. †Nubianophis Rage and Werner 1999
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†Nubianophis afaahus Rage and Werner 1999
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Priabonian or 100.50000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Nigerophiidae indet. (115190)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Sudan (Ash Shamaliyah) Serpentes indet. (38682)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Sudan Nubianophis afaahus (28491)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Maharashtra) Indophis sahnii (224687)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Andhra Pradesh) Indophis sahnii, Nigerophiidae indet. (27014)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Madagascar (Mahajanga) Indophis fanambinana (154152) Kelyophis hechti (39266 55268 144728)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Gujarat) Indophis sahnii (72320)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.66 - 56.0Mali Amananulam sanogoi (193687)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.66 - 56.0Niger Nigerophis mirus (63545 63546)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Belgium (Vlaams-Brabant) Woutersophis novus (38719)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Belgium (Brussels) Woutersophis novus (124461 124686 167775 167776)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Belgium (Flanders) Woutersophis novus (167763 167778)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Belgium (Brabant) Woutersophis novus (124459)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Kazakhstan (Kustanay) Nigerophiidae indet. (49167)