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Dunnophis cadurcensis

Osteichthyes - Tropidophiidae

Taxonomy
Dunnophis cadurcensis was named by Rage (1974). Its type specimen is Universite de Montpellier MAL 600, a set of vertebrae (several vertebrae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Malperie, which is in a Priabonian karst phosphorite in the Perrière Formation of France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. microechinus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Dunnophis cadurcensis Rage p. 297 fig. 8
1984Dunnophis cadurcensis Rage p. 29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
—Macrostomata
familyTropidophiidaeCope 1894
genusDunnophisHecht 1959
speciescadurcensis

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.

†Dunnophis cadurcensis Rage 1974
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 48.07000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Rhone) Dunnophis cadurcensis (151252)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Dunnophis cadurcensis (12840)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy) Dunnophis cadurcensis (12850)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Dunnophis cadurcensis (12841 12842 12843 type locality: 12849)