PBDB Taxon

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Palaeophis casei

Reptilia - Palaeophiidae

Taxonomy

Palaeophis casei was named by Holman (1982). Its type specimen is PU 23488, a skeleton (Trunk vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Case Estuary Number 1, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in Mississippi.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. taliapicus

Year	Name and author
1982	Palaeophis casei Holman p. 163 figs. 1-8
1984	Palaeophis casei Rage p. 34
1991	Palaeophis casei Holman et al. p. 4
2003	Palaeophis casei Parmley and Reed p. 224
2005	Palaeophis casei Parmley and DeVore p. 711

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene	58.7 - 48.6	USA (Mississippi)	Palaeophis casei (161862)
Eocene	56.0 - 33.9	USA (Mississippi)	Palaeophis casei (type locality: 161750)
Wasatchian	55.8 - 50.3	USA (Mississippi)	Palaeophis casei (15719)
Wasatchian	55.8 - 50.3	USA (Virginia)	Palaeophis casei (15595)