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Palaeophis virginianus

Osteichthyes - Palaeophiidae

Taxonomy
Palaeophis virginianus was named by Lynn (1934). Its type specimen is USNM 13640 and 13541, a set of vertebrae (two posterior thoracic vertebrae), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Palaeophis virginianus Lynn
1984Palaeophis virginianus Rage p. 34
1988Palaeophis virginianus Holman and Case p. 331
1991Palaeophis virginianus Holman et al. p. 6
2003Palaeophis virginianus Parmley and Reed p. 224
2005Palaeophis virginianus Parmley and DeVore p. 711

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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()
genusPalaeophisOwen 1841
speciesvirginianusLynn 1934

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
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Lutetian or 59.24000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Virginia) Palaeophis virginianus (13186)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene59.24 - 48.07USA (Mississippi) Palaeophis virginianus (161862)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Mississippi) Palaeophis virginianus (15719)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Mississippi) Palaeophis virginianus (27622)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Virginia) Palaeophis virginianus (15595)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Palaeophis virginianus (13346)