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Limnophis crassus

Reptilia - Rhineuridae

Taxonomy
Limnophis crassus was named by Marsh (1871). Its type specimen is YPM 531, a set of vertebrae (single cervical vertebra), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Marsh's Fork (Lower Bridger), which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Lestophis.

It was recombined as Lestophis crassus by Marsh (1885), Hay (1902) and Hay (1930).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Limnophis crassus Marsh pp. 326, 329
1878Limnophis crassus King
1885Lestophis crassus Marsh
1902Lestophis crassus Hay p. 480
1930Lestophis crassus Hay p. 268

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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()
infraorderAmphisbaeniaGray 1844
—Rhineuroidea
familyRhineuridaeVanzolini 1951
genusLimnophisMarsh 1885
speciescrassus

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.

†Limnophis crassus Marsh 1871
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Diagnosis
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