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Coluber acuminatus
Taxonomy
Zamenis acuminatus was named by Cope (1899). Its type specimen is Lost., a partial skeleton (Consists of fractured skull and 25 ant. thoracic vertebrae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Port Kennedy Cave, which is in an Irvingtonian cave horizon in Pennsylvania.
It was recombined as Bascanion acuminatus by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Coluber acuminatus by Hay (1930) and Gilmore (1938).
It was recombined as Bascanion acuminatus by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Coluber acuminatus by Hay (1930) and Gilmore (1938).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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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.
†Coluber acuminatus Cope 1899
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Behler and King 1979 | |||||
Age range: Irvingtonian or 1.80000 to 0.30000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Irvingtonian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Coluber acuminatus (type locality: 20479) |