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Henophidia
Taxonomy
Henophidia was named as an infraorder.
It was synonymized subjectively with Booidea by Kuhn (1966); it was reranked as the unranked clade Henophidia by Vidal and Hedges (2002).
It was assigned to Serpentes by Carroll (1988); to Alethinophidia by Vidal and Hedges (2002); and to Serpentes by Rage et al. (2008).
It was synonymized subjectively with Booidea by Kuhn (1966); it was reranked as the unranked clade Henophidia by Vidal and Hedges (2002).
It was assigned to Serpentes by Carroll (1988); to Alethinophidia by Vidal and Hedges (2002); and to Serpentes by Rage et al. (2008).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1988 | Henophidia Carroll |
| 2002 | Henophidia Vidal and Hedges p. 983 |
| 2008 | Henophidia Rage et al. p. 394 |
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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.
Unr. †Henophidia
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Fm. Loxocemidae Cope 1861 [Mexican burrowing snake]
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G. †Ogmophis Cope 1844
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†Ogmophis arenarum Douglass 1903
†Ogmophis compactus Lambe 1908
†Ogmophis europaeus Meynarski 1982
†Ogmophis kansasensis Wilson 1968
†Ogmophis miocompactus Holman 1976
†Ogmophis oregonensis Cope 1844
†Ogmophis parvus Rogers 1976
†Ogmophis pauperrimus Vanzolini 1952
†Ogmophis pliocompactus Holman 1975
†Ogmophis voorhiesi Holman 1977
Fm. Pythonidae Fitzinger 1826 [python]
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G. Liasis Gray 1842
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†Liasis dubudingala Scanlon and Mackness 2002
Liasis olivacea Gray 1842 [olive python]
G. Morelia Gray 1842
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†Morelia riversleighensis Smith and Plane 1985
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Invalid names: Morelia antiqua Smith and Plane 1985 [synonym]
Morelia spilota Lacépède 1804 [carpet python]
Invalid names: Montypythonoides Smith and Plane 1985 [synonym]
Invalid names: Bolyeriidae [empty], Calabariidae [empty], Xenopeltidae Bonaparte 1845 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subf = subfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Greene 1997, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Puercan to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 63.4 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 63.4 Ma
Collections (51 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Puercan | USA (New Mexico) | Helagras prisciformis (125183) | |
| Torrejonian | USA (New Mexico) | Helagras prisciformis (180346) | |
| Uintan | USA (Wyoming) | Ogmophis voorhiesi (16517) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Georgia) | Ogmophis voorhiesi (27508) | |
| Chadronian | USA (North Dakota) | Ogmophis compactus (16991) | |
| Chadronian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Ogmophis compactus (180203) Ogmophis sp., Ogmophis compactus (16919) | |
| Orellan | USA (South Dakota) | Coprophis dakotaensis (179814) | |
| Orellan | USA (Nebraska) | Helagras orellanensis (75879) Ogmophis compactus (179967) | |
| Arikareean | USA (Oregon) | Ogmophis oregonensis (180202) Ogmophis sp. (212628) | |
| Chattian | Australia (Queensland) | Montypythonoides riversleighensis (143470) Pythoninae indet. (135706) | |
| Harrisonian | USA (Nebraska) | Ogmophis miocompactus (17802 27509) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Australia (Queensland) | Montypythonoides riversleighensis (183096) Morelia riversleighensis (106497) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (Queensland) | Morelia riversleighensis (134948) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | USA (Nebraska) | Ogmophis miocompactus (27510) | |
| Burdigalian | Kenya (Nyanza) | Pythonidae indet. (144511) | |
| Burdigalian | Australia (Queensland) | Morelia riversleighensis (135708) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (Florida) | Ogmophis pauperrimus (18597) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (South Dakota) | Ogmophis miocompactus (17878) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (Wyoming) | Ogmophis miocompactus (19074 19075) | |
| Barstovian | USA (South Dakota) | Ogmophis miocompactus (18397) | |
| Barstovian | USA (Montana) | Ogmophus arenarum (18894) | |
| Early/Lower Barstovian | USA (Texas) | Ogmophis miocompactus (18665) | |
| Langhian | Kenya | Pythonidae indet. (22069 22071 22078) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Australia (Queensland) | Montypythonoides riversleighensis, Morelia riversleighensis (28420 137790) Morelia spilota (154250) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Poland (Silesia) | Ogmophis europaeus (42594) | |
| Middle Miocene | Australia (Queensland) | Morelia riversleighensis (151091 154234) Morelia sp. (154248) | |
| Middle Miocene | USA (Wyoming) | Ogmophis microcompactus (26758) | |
| Middle Miocene | Australia (Northern Territory) | Morelia antiquus, Morelia riversleighensis (137618) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Kansas) | Ogmophis pliocompactus, Ogmophis kansasensis (18450) | |
| Tortonian - Zanclean | Kenya | Pythonidae indet. (22236) | |
| Messinian - Piacenzian | Kenya (Turkana District) | Pythonidae indet. (21332) | |
| Zanclean | Australia (Queensland) | Liasis dubudingala (143209 154606 154607) Liasis sp. (51266) Morelia sp. (182159) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Thailand | Pythonidae indet. (176213) | |
| Holocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Morelia spilota (235090) |