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Elaphe kansensis

Osteichthyes - Colubridae

Taxonomy
Palaeoelaphe kansensis was named by Gilmore (1938). Its type specimen is USNM 13500, a set of vertebrae, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Long Island Quarry, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Ogallala Formation of Kansas.

It was recombined as Elaphe kansensis by Brattstrom (1967), Rage (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. dione, E. kochfidischi, E. quatorlineata, E. quttata, E. schrenckii, E. situla, E. taeniura

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Palaeoelaphe kansensis Gilmore
1967Elaphe kansensis Brattstrom p. 189
1984Elaphe kansensis Rage p. 46

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
familyColubridae
subfamilyColubrinae
genusElapheWagler 1833
specieskansensis()

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.

†Elaphe kansensis Gilmore 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available