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Nigerophis mirus

Reptilia - Nigeropheidae

Taxonomy
Nigerophis mirus was named by Rage (1975). Its type specimen is SES 100 (University of Montpellier), a set of vertebrae, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Kreb de Sessao Nigerophis type locality, which is in a Paleocene/Paleocene terrestrial horizon in Niger.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Nigerophis mirus Rage p. 515 fig. 1
1984Nigerophis mirus Rage p. 39

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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
superfamilyAcrochordoidea
familyNigeropheidae
genusNigerophis
speciesmirus

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.

†Nigerophis mirus Rage 1975
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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

Age range: base of the Middle Paleocene to the top of the Late/Upper Paleocene or 61.70000 to 55.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.7 - 55.8Niger Nigerophis mirus (type locality: 63545 63546)