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Pterosphenus schweinfurthi

Osteichthyes - Palaeophiidae

Taxonomy
Moeriophis schweinfurthi was named by Andrews (1901). Its type specimen is CGM 10194, a set of vertebrae, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pterosphenus schweinfurthi by Andrews (1901), Andrews (1906), Antunes (1964), Rage (1984), Parmley and DeVore (2005), McCartney and Seiffert (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Pterosphenus schweinfurthi Andrews
1906Pterosphenus schweinfurthi Andrews p. 310
1964Pterosphenus schweinfurthi Antunes p. 184
1984Pterosphenus schweinfurthi Rage p. 36
2005Pterosphenus schweinfurthi Parmley and DeVore p. 714
2016Pterosphenus schweinfurthi McCartney and Seiffert p. 4

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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
speciesschweinfurthi()

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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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: Kiessling 2004, Holman 2000, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 48.07000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Angola (Cabinda) Pterosphenus schweinfurthi (203528)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Western Sahara Pterosphenus schweinfurthi (175734)
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.03 - 33.9Libya Pterosphenus schweinfurthi (48077)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Egypt Pterosphenus schweinfurthi (67706 79700)