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Coluber hungaricus

Reptilia - Colubridae

Taxonomy
Zamenis hungaricus was named by Bolkay (1913) [informations on the type specimen are from Venczel (1994, Acta Zool. Cracov. 37(1))]. Its type specimen is HGI Ob-4464/Vt.76, a partial skull (a single right quadrate), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Polgárdi 2, which is in a MN 13 sinkhole /limestone in Hungary.

It was recombined as Coluber hungaricus by Rage (1984), Venczel (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. gemonensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Zamenis hungaricus Bolkay p. 223 figs. 3 pl. XII
1984Coluber hungaricus Rage p. 44
1994Coluber hungaricus Venczel p. 2 figs. 1, 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
familyColubridae
subfamilyColubrinae
genusColuber
specieshungaricus()

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.

†Coluber hungaricus Bolkay 1913
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: carnivoreg
Created: 2005-09-06 15:54:48
Modified: 2005-09-06 17:54:48
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Behler and King 1979, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the MN 13 or 15.98000 to 5.09000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Coluber hungaricus (134954)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Hungary Coluber hungaricus (48294 48295 48296)
MN 136.965 - 5.09Hungary (Central Transdanubia) Zamenis hungaricus (type locality: 69917)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Hungary (North Hungary) Coluber hungaricus (136066 136067)