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Simoliophis

Reptilia - Simoliophiidae

Taxonomy
Simoliophis was named by Sauvage (1880) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dolichosauridae by McDowell and Bogert (1954); to Simoliopheidae by Carroll (1988) and Nessov et al. (1998); to Squamata by Sepkoski (2002); to Pachyophiidae by Rieppel and Head (2004); and to Simoliophiidae by Rage et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Simoliophis Sauvage
1954Symoliophis McDowell and Bogert p. 132
1988Simoliophis Carroll
1998Simoliophis Nessov et al. p. 5
2002Simoliophis Sepkoski
2004Simoliophis Rieppel and Head
2016Simoliophis Rage et al. p. 239

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
familySimoliophiidae
genusSimoliophisSauvage 1880

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. †Simoliophis Sauvage 1880
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Simoliophis libycus Nessov et al. 1998
Simoliophis rochebrunei Sauvage 1880
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Libya (Awbari) S. libycus (45725)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) S. libycus (115189)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Charente-Maritime) S. rochebrunei (224153)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Poitou-Charentes) S. rochebrunei (65421 73862 73863 77229 77230 77231 77232 77233)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France S. rochebrunei (59809 138329)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Spain (Asturias) S. sp. (98396)