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Caenophidia

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Caenophidia was named by Hoffstetter (1939) [originally an infraorder]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Colubroidea by Kuhn (1966).

It was assigned to Serpentes by Carroll (1988); to Alethinophidia by Greene (1997), Vidal and Hedges (2002); to Booidea by Wilcox et al. (2002); to Macrostomata by Lee and Scanlon (2002); and to Alethinophidia by Fernicola and Albino (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Caenophidia Hoffstetter
1988Caenophidia Carroll
1997Caenophidia Greene
2002Caenophidia Lee and Scanlon
2002Caenophidia Vidal and Hedges p. 983
2002Caenophidia Wilcox et al.
2012Caenophidia Fernicola and Albino

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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
—Caenophidia
—Caenophidia

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.

Unr. Caenophidia Hoffstetter 1939
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Fm. Acrochordidae Bonaparte 1840
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G. Acrochordus Hornstedt 1787
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†Acrochordus dehmi Hoffstetter 1964
Acrochordus granulatus Schneider 1799 [Little file snake]
Fm. †Russellophiidae Rage 1978
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G. †Krebsophis Rage and Werner 1999
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†Krebsophis thobanus Rage and Werner 1999
G. †Russellophis Rage 1975
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†Russellophis crassus Rage et al. 2008
†Russellophis tenuis Rage 1975
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, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Campanian to the top of the Ruscinian or 83.60000 to 3.55000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Sudan Krebsophis thobanus (28491)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Sudan (Ash Shamaliyah) Russellophiidae indet. (38682)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene59.24 - 48.07Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) Russellophiidae indet. (48091)
MP 1056.0 - 48.07France (Picardie) Russellophiidae indet., Russellophis tenuis (68440)
MP 8 + 956.0 - 48.07France (Picardie) Russellophis tenuis (84997)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Gujarat) Russellophiidae indet., Russellophis crassus (55494)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Rhone) Russellophiidae indet. (151252)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Gard) Russellophiidae indet. (59129)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Russellophis sp. (39014)
MP 17A - MP 17B37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Russellophis tenuis (28747)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Egypt Caenophidia indet., Russellophiidae indet. (67706)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Thailand Acrochordus sp. (48126)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63India (Gujarat) Acrochordus sp. (203629)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Nepal Acrochordus dehmi (48680 48681 48696)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333India (Jammu Kashmir) Acrochordus dehmi (48329)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Kozani) Caenophidia indet. (205089 205090)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Greece (Kozani) Caenophidia indet. (205081 205086 205088 207946)