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Loxocemidae (Mexican burrowing snake)

Reptilia - Loxocemidae

Taxonomy
Loxocemidae was named by Cope (1861). It is extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Loxoceminae by Kuhn (1966).

It was assigned to Aniliidae by Kuhn (1966); to Serpentes by Frank and Ramus (1996); to Henophidia by Vidal and Hedges (2002); and to Booidea by Smith (2013).

Subtaxa
Ogmophis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Loxocemidae Cope
1966Loxoceminae Kuhn p. 65
1996Loxocemidae Frank and Ramus
2002Loxocemidae Vidal and Hedges p. 983
2013Loxocemidae Smith p. 167

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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)
infraorderAlethinophidia
—Henophidia
familyLoxocemidaeCope 1861
familyLoxocemidaeCope 1861

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.

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
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: base of the Uintan to the top of the Serravallian or 46.20000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Wyoming) Ogmophis voorhiesi (16517)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Ogmophis voorhiesi (27508)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (North Dakota) Ogmophis compactus (16991)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Ogmophis compactus (180203) Ogmophis sp., Ogmophis compactus (16919)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Nebraska) Ogmophis compactus (179967)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Oregon) Ogmophis oregonensis (180202) Ogmophis sp. (212628)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Ogmophis miocompactus (17802 27509)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Ogmophis miocompactus (27510)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Florida) Ogmophis pauperrimus (18597)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Wyoming) Ogmophis miocompactus (19074 19075)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (South Dakota) Ogmophis miocompactus (17878)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (South Dakota) Ogmophis miocompactus (18397)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Montana) Ogmophus arenarum (18894)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) Ogmophis miocompactus (18665)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Poland (Silesia) Ogmophis europaeus (42594)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (Wyoming) Ogmophis microcompactus (26758)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Kansas) Ogmophis pliocompactus (18450)