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Tropidophiidae (dwarf boa)
Taxonomy
Tropidophiidae was named by Cope (1894). It is extant. It was considered polyphyletic by Szyndlar et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Alethinophidia by Augé and Rage (2006); to Alethinophidia by Vidal and Hedges (2002), Szyndlar et al. (2008); to Macrostomata by Wilcox et al. (2002), Longrich et al. (2012); to Serpentes by Vianey-Liaud et al. (2014); and to Booidea by Cernansky et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Alethinophidia by Augé and Rage (2006); to Alethinophidia by Vidal and Hedges (2002), Szyndlar et al. (2008); to Macrostomata by Wilcox et al. (2002), Longrich et al. (2012); to Serpentes by Vianey-Liaud et al. (2014); and to Booidea by Cernansky et al. (2015).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1894 | Tropidophiidae Cope |
| 2002 | Tropidophiidae Vidal and Hedges p. 983 |
| 2002 | Tropidophiidae Wilcox et al. |
| 2006 | Tropidophiidae Augé and Rage p. 247 |
| 2008 | Tropidophiidae Szyndlar et al. p. 394 |
| 2012 | Tropidophiidae Longrich et al. |
| 2014 | Tropidophiidae Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 575 |
| 2015 | Tropidophiidae Cernansky et al. p. 114 |
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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.
Fm. Tropidophiidae Cope 1894 [dwarf boa]
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G. †Dunnophis Hecht 1959
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†Dunnophis cadurcensis Rage 1974
†Dunnophis matronensis Rage 1973
†Dunnophis microechinis Hecht 1959
G. †Platyspondylia Rage 1974
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†Platyspondylia germanica Szyndlar and Rage 2003
†Platyspondylia lepta Rage 1974
†Platyspondylia sudrei Rage 1988
Subfm. Tropidophiinae Cope 1894
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G. †Falseryx Szyndlar and Rage 2003
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†Falseryx neervelpensis Szyndlar et al. 2008
†Falseryx petersbuchi Szyndlar and Rage 2003
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Invalid names: Bransateryx septentrionalis Szyndlar 1987 [replaced]
G. †Rottophis Szyndlar and Böhme 1996
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†Rottophis atavus von Meyer 1855
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Invalid names: Coluber papyraceus Fischer 1857 [objective synonym], Morelia papyracea Troschel 1858 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma
Collections (54 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Danian | Bolivia (Mizque) | Tropidophiidae indet. (49076) | |
| Thanetian | Morocco (Meknès-Tafilalet) | Dunnophis sp. (88301) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | Portugal (Região Centro) | Dunnophis matronensis (79200) | |
| MP 10 | France (Picardie) | Dunnophis sp., Dunnophis matronensis (68440) | |
| MP 8 + 9 | France (Picardie) | Dunnophis matronensis (84997) | |
| Ypresian | France (Marne) | Dunnophis matronensis (35533 35535 35539) | |
| Ypresian | France (Oise) | Dunnophis matronensis (68174) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Dunnophis microechinis (16244 16431) Dunnophis microechinus (15837) | |
| Lutetian | France (Rhone) | Dunnophis cadurcensis, Dunnophis matronensis, Szyndlaria aureomontensis (151252) | |
| Lutetian | France (Gard) | Dunnophis sp. (59129) | |
| Uintan | USA (Wyoming) | Dunnophis indet. (16517) | |
| Bartonian | France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie) | Dunnophis sp. (177581) | |
| Bartonian | France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) | Platyspondylia sudrei, Dunnophis cadurcensis (12840) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | France (Quercy) | Dunnophis cadurcensis (12850) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | Dunnophis sp. (38862 39236 39299) | |
| MP 17A - MP 17B | United Kingdom (England) | Dunnophis sp. (28747) | |
| Priabonian | France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) | Dunnophis cadurcensis (12841 12842 12843 12849) | |
| Priabonian | Egypt | Tropidophiidae indet. (67706) | |
| MP 22 | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Platyspondylia sp. (118196) | |
| Rupelian | Belgium (Brabant) | Falseryx neervelpensis (75867) | |
| Rupelian | France | Platyspondylia sp. (183381) | |
| Chattian | France | Platyspondylia sp. (60215 60281) | |
| MP 25 | France (Quercy) | Platyspondylia sp. (36717) | |
| MP 25 | France | Platyspondylia sp. (60214) | |
| MP 26 | France (Quercy) | Platyspondylia sp. (36718) | |
| MP 26 | France (Gard) | Platyspondylia sp. (172927) | |
| MP 27 | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Tropidonotus atavus (59124) | |
| MP 28 | France (Quercy) | Platyspondylia lepta (36712 36715) | |
| MP 28 - MP 30 | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Platyspondylia germanica (59126) | |
| MP 30 | France | Platyspondylia lepta (60282) | |
| MP 30 | Germany (North Rhine-Westfalia) | Morelia papyracea, Tropidonotus atavus, Elaphis atavus (84606) | |
| MP 30 - MN 1 | Türkiye (Anatolia) | Platyspondylia sp., Tropidophiidae indet., Falseryx sp. (182505) | |
| MN 1 | Türkiye (Ankara) | Falseryx sp. (64382) | |
| MN 1 | Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) | Falseryx petersbuchi (69617) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Türkiye (Ankara) | Falseryx sp. (64376 64378) | |
| MN 2 | Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) | Falseryx sp. (167464) | |
| Orleanian | Spain (Castile-La Mancha) | Falseryx sp. (60283) | |
| MN 4 | Germany (Bavaria) | Falseryx petersbuchi (28629) | |
| MN 4 | Czechia (Karlovy Vary) | Bransateryx septentrionalis (138666) | |
| MN 5 | Germany | Falseryx sp. (46955) | |
| MN 7 + 8 | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Falseryx sp. (49520) | |
| Holocene | Turks and Caicos Islands | Tropidophiidae indet. (209855) |