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Texasophis galbreathi

Reptilia - Colubridae

Taxonomy
Texasophis galbreathi was named by Holman (1984). Its type specimen is MSUVP 1038, a set of vertebrae (a trunk vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is "Flats Area", which is in an Orellan terrestrial siliciclastic in the Brule Formation of Colorado.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Texasophis galbreathi Holman p. 223 fig. 1

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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)
familyColubridae
subfamilyColubrinae
genusTexasophis
speciesgalbreathi

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.

†Texasophis galbreathi Holman 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available