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Opheodrys

Reptilia - Colubridae

Taxonomy
Opheodrys was named by Fitzinger (1843). It is extant.

It was assigned to Colubridae by Behler and King (1979); and to Colubrinae by Uetz (2005) and Parmley and Hunter (2010).

Species lacking formal opinion data
O. aestivus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Opheodrys Fitzinger
1979Opheodrys Behler and King
2005Opheodrys Uetz
2010Opheodrys Parmley and Hunter p. 530

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
familyColubridae
subfamilyColubrinae
genusOpheodrysFitzinger 1843

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.

G. Opheodrys Fitzinger 1843
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialg
Diet: insectivoreg
Created: 2005-09-06 16:00:26
Modified: 2005-09-06 18:00:26
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Behler and King 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Clarendonian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 12.50000 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) O. sp. (18327)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) O. vernalis (125951)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Pennsylvania) O. vernalis (20354)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) O. vernalis (20302)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) O. aestivus (20318)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) O. aestivus (20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) O. sp. (82258)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) O. aestivus (155346 155347)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) O. aestivus (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) O. aestivus (76101)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) O. sp. (154921)