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Procerophis
Taxonomy
Procerophis was named by Rage et al. (2008). Its type is Procerophis sahnii.
It was assigned to Colubroidea by Rage et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Colubroidea by Rage et al. (2008).
Species
P. sahnii (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2008 | Procerophis Rage et al. p. 397 figs. Fig. 4 |
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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.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J.-C. Rage et al. 2008 | Differs from all other snakes, except Nigerophis, in having prezygapophyseal buttresses compressed, forming a vertical ridge, prolonged by anteriorly oriented prezygapo− physeal processes. Differs from Nigerophis in having very lightly built vertebrae, a wide and thin zygosphene, a blade− like and long neural spine, well−marked subcentral ridges, and paracotylar foramina (irregularly occurring). |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Priabonian or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian | India (Gujarat) | P. sahnii (55494 180565) | |
| Priabonian | Egypt | P. sp. (67706) |