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Rhinechis
Taxonomy
Rhinechis was named by Michahelles (1833). It is extant. Its type is Coluber scalaris.
It was assigned to Colubridae by Utiger et al. (2002).
It was assigned to Colubridae by Utiger et al. (2002).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1833 | Rhinechis Michahelles figs. 1 pl. XXV |
2002 | Rhinechis Utiger et al. pp. 106, 113 |
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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.
G. Rhinechis Michahelles 1833
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Rhinechis agassizii Michahelles 1833
Rhinechis scalaris Schinz 1822 [ladder snake]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Behler and King 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Villanyian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma
Collections (13 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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MN 16 | Spain (Catalonia) | R. scalaris (167736) | |
Villanyian | Spain (Castellon) | R. scalaris (34929) | |
Gelasian | Spain (Granada) | R. scalaris (77773) | |
Pleistocene | Spain (Castilla-Leon) | R. scalaris (34920) | |
Calabrian | Spain (Murcia) | Elaphe scalaris (34128) | |
Calabrian | Spain (Castilla-Leon) | R. scalaris (34870) | |
Middle Pleistocene | France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) | Elaphe scalaris (84938) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Castilla-Leon) | R. scalaris (34924 34925) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Madrid) | Elaphe scalaris (195267) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Spain | R. scalaris (34926) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Castellon) | R. scalaris (34932) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain (Alicante) | R. scalaris (199861) |