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Pterosphenus sheppardi

Osteichthyes - Palaeophiidae

Taxonomy
Pterosphenus sheppardi was named by Hoffstetter (1958). Its type locality is Ancon Pterosphenus sheppardi type locality, which is in an Eocene marine shale in the Seca Formation of Ecuador.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Pterosphenus sheppardi Hoffstetter
2005Pterosphenus sheppardi Parmley and DeVore p. 714

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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)
familyPalaeophiidae()
genusPterosphenus
speciessheppardi

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.

Pterosphenus sheppardi Hoffstetter 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Body part: SVLg
Adult length: 1000 to < 10^4g
Environment: coastal, oceanic, marine, brackishg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticg
Diet: carnivoreg
Created: 2005-09-10 11:11:02
Modified: 2005-09-10 13:11:02
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Holman 2000

Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Ecuador (Santa Elena) Pterosphenus sheppardi (type locality: 48076)