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Ogmophis arenarum

Reptilia - Loxocemidae

Taxonomy
Ogmophus arenarum was named by Douglass (1903). Its type specimen is C.M. No. 744, a set of vertebrae (three vertebrae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Flint Creek Beds, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in Montana.

It was recombined as Ogmophis arenarum by Hay (1930), Vanzolini (1952) and Rage (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. microcompactus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Ogmophus arenarum Douglass p. 171
1930Ogmophis arenarum Hay p. 268
1952Ogmophis arenarum Vanzolini p. 453
1984Ogmophis arenarum Rage p. 25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
—Henophidia
familyLoxocemidaeCope 1861
genusOgmophisCope 1844
speciesarenarum()

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.

†Ogmophis arenarum Douglass 1903
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Barstovian or 16.30000 to 12.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Montana) Ogmophus arenarum (type locality: 18894)