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Malpolon
Taxonomy
Malpolon was named by Fitzinger (1826). It is extant.
It was assigned to Colubridae by Rage (1984), Carroll (1988).
It was assigned to Colubridae by Rage (1984), Carroll (1988).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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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.
G. Malpolon Fitzinger 1826
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†Malpolon laurenti Depéret 1897
†Malpolon mlynarskii Szyndlar 1988
Malpolon monspessulanus Hermann 1804 [Montpellier snake]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Behler and King 1979 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Collections (17 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Messinian | Italy (Ravenna) | M. sp. (144566) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Spain (Murcia) | M. sp. (185681) | |
| Pliocene | France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) | M. monspessulanus (36014) | |
| Ruscinian | Spain (Soria) | M. mlynarskii (40548) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Morocco | M. sp. (32052) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | France | M. sp. (49096) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Spain (Alcolea de Calatrava) | M. monspessulanus (224542) | |
| MN 16 | Spain (Catalonia) | M. monspessulanus (167736) | |
| Villafranchian | Greece | M. sp. (34589) | |
| Villafranchian | Spain (Castellon) | M. monspessulanus (34929) | |
| Pleistocene | France (Herault) | M. monspessulanus (195260) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | France (Alpes Maritimes) | M. monspessulanus (195237) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Malaga) | M. monspessulanus (195564) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) | M. monspessulanus (84938) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Castellon) | M. monspessulanus (34932) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Peloponnesus) | M. sp., M. insignitus, M. monspessulanus (184245) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | France (Herault) | M. monspessulanus (195242) |