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Gigantophis

Reptilia - Madtsoiidae

Taxonomy
Gigantophis was named by Andrews (1901). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Madtsoiinae by Hoffstetter (1961); to Boidae by Andrews (1906) and Carroll (1988); and to Madtsoiidae by Mohabey et al. (2011), McCartney and Seiffert (2016) and Rio and Mannion (2017).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Gigantophis Andrews
1906Gigantophis Andrews p. 307
1961Gigantophis Hoffstetter p. 159
1988Gigantophis Carroll
2011Gigantophis Mohabey et al. p. 592
2016Gigantophis McCartney and Seiffert p. 2
2017Gigantophis Rio and Mannion

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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)
Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
familyMadtsoiidae()
genusGigantophisAndrews 1901

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. †Gigantophis Andrews 1901
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Gigantophis garstini Andrews 1901
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available