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Simoliophiidae

Reptilia - Simoliophiidae

Taxonomy
Simoliopheidae is a family.

It was corrected as Simoliophidae by Kuhn (1966); it was misspelled as Simoliophidae by Seiffert (1975), Rage (1984), Carroll (1988), Nessov et al. (1998); it was corrected as Simoliophiidae by Rage et al. (2016).

It was assigned to Cholophidia by Kuhn (1946); to Cholophidia by Kuhn (1966); to Varanoidea by Seiffert (1975); to Simoliopheoidea by Rage (1984), Carroll (1988), Nessov et al. (1998); and to Ophidia by Rage et al. (2016).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Symoliophidae Kuhn p. 62
1966Simoliophidae Kuhn p. 60
1975Simoliophidae Seiffert p. 10
1984Simoliopheidae Rage p. 11
1988Simoliopheidae Carroll
1998Simoliopheidae Nessov et al. p. 5
2016Simoliophiidae Rage et al. p. 239

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Eugnathostomata
Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
familySimoliophiidae
familySimoliophiidae

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.

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G. †Simoliophis Sauvage 1880
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Simoliophis libycus Nessov et al. 1998
Simoliophis rochebrunei Sauvage 1880
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Libya (Awbari) Simoliophis libycus (45725)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Simoliophis libycus, Simoliophiidae indet. (115189)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Charente-Maritime) Simoliophis rochebrunei (224153)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Simoliophis rochebrunei (59809 138329)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Poitou-Charentes) Simoliophis rochebrunei (65421 73862 73863 77229 77230 77231 77232 77233)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Spain (Asturias) Simoliophis sp. (98396)