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Nigeropheidae
Taxonomy
Nigeropheidae was named by Rage (1975). Its type is Nigerophis.
It was corrected as Nigerophiidae by Rage and Prasad (1992), Averianov (1997), Khajuria and Prasad (1998) and Rage and Werner (1999).
It was assigned to Alethinophidia by Rage and Prasad (1992); to Squamata by Khajuria and Prasad (1998); and to Acrochordoidea by Rage (1984), Carroll (1988), Averianov (1997) and Rage and Werner (1999).
It was corrected as Nigerophiidae by Rage and Prasad (1992), Averianov (1997), Khajuria and Prasad (1998) and Rage and Werner (1999).
It was assigned to Alethinophidia by Rage and Prasad (1992); to Squamata by Khajuria and Prasad (1998); and to Acrochordoidea by Rage (1984), Carroll (1988), Averianov (1997) and Rage and Werner (1999).
Subtaxa
Nigerophis (type genus), Woutersophis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1975 | Nigeropheidae Rage p. 517 |
| 1984 | Nigeropheidae Rage p. 38 |
| 1988 | Nigeropheidae Carroll |
| 1992 | Nigerophiidae Rage and Prasad p. 84 |
| 1997 | Nigerophiidae Averianov p. 130 |
| 1998 | Nigerophiidae Khajuria and Prasad |
| 1999 | Nigerophiidae Rage and Werner p. 96 |
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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.
Fm. †Nigeropheidae Rage 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Paleocene to the top of the Lutetian or 61.70000 to 41.30000 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene | Niger | Nigerophis mirus (63545 63546) | |
| Lutetian | Belgium (Vlaams-Brabant) | Woutersophis novus (38719) | |
| Lutetian | Belgium (Brussels) | Woutersophis novus (124461 124686 167775 167776) | |
| Lutetian | Belgium (Brabant) | Woutersophis novus (124459) | |
| Lutetian | Belgium (Flanders) | Woutersophis novus (167763 167778) |