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Carphophis amoenus
Taxonomy
Carphophis amoenus was named by Say.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1875 | Carphophiops amoenus Cope p. 34 |
| 1985 | Carphophis amoenus Holman |
| 2025 | Carphophis amoenus Eshelman et al. p. 80 |
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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.
†Carphophis amoenus Say
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Behler and King 1979, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 1.40000 to 0.01400 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pleistocene | USA (West Virginia) | Carphophis amoenus (123875 125951) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Maryland) | Carphophis amoenus (20302) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Carphophis amoenus (20491) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Carphophis amoenus (82258) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Carphophis amoenus (20573) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Georgia) | Carphophis amoenus (13066) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Carphophis amoenus (20638 155346) |