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Palaeophis colossaeus
Taxonomy
Palaeophis colossaeus was named by Rage (1983). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.TGE 614, a set of vertebrae (mid-trunk vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Butte de Tamaguilelt (MNHN collection), which is in a Ypresian marginal marine phosphorite in the Tamaguélelt Formation of Mali.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1983 | Palaeophis colossaeus Rage p. 1741 fig. 1 |
| 1984 | Palaeophis colossaeus Rage p. 34 |
| 2018 | Palaeophis colossaeus McCartney et al. |
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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.
†Palaeophis colossaeus Rage 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988 | |||||