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Salvadora

Reptilia - Colubridae

Taxonomy
Salvadora was named by Baird and Girard (1853). It is extant.

It was assigned to Colubridae by Behler and King (1979), Holman and Sullivan (1981), Rage (1984), Carroll (1988); and to Colubrinae by Parmley and Holman (1995), Uetz (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Salvadora Baird and Girard
1979Salvadora Behler and King
1981Salvadora Holman and Sullivan p. 141
1984Salvadora Rage p. 51
1988Salvadora Carroll
1995Salvadora Parmley and Holman p. 83
2005Salvadora Uetz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
familyColubridae
subfamilyColubrinae
genusSalvadoraBaird and Girard 1853

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. Salvadora Baird and Girard 1853
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Salvadora grahamiae Baird and Girard 1853
†Salvadora paleolineata Holman 1973
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: carnivoreg
Created: 2005-09-06 16:02:51
Modified: 2005-09-06 18:02:51
Source: g = genus, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Behler and King 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Hemingfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 18.50000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 16.3 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Nebraska) S. paleolineata (17963)
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Wyoming) S. paleolineata (19073 19077)
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (South Dakota) S. paleolineata (17878)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) S. paleolineata (18664)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (South Dakota) S. paleolineata (18397) S. sp. (18303)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) S. paleolineata (18102 18141 18208 18275 18284 18442 27481 27507)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) S. paleolineata (18665)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) S. paleolineata (188779)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Nebraska) S. paleolineata (18225)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) S. grahamiae (93141)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Salvadora indet. (93139 140702)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) S. sp. (76060)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0USA (Arizona) S. sp. (93374)