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Caenophidia
Taxonomy
Caenophidia was named by Hoffstetter (1939) [originally an infraorder]. It is extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Colubroidea by Kuhn (1966).
It was assigned to Serpentes by Carroll (1988); to Macrostomata by Lee and Scanlon (2002); to Alethinophidia by Greene (1997) and Vidal and Hedges (2002); to Booidea by Wilcox et al. (2002); and to Alethinophidia by Fernicola and Albino (2012).
It was synonymized subjectively with Colubroidea by Kuhn (1966).
It was assigned to Serpentes by Carroll (1988); to Macrostomata by Lee and Scanlon (2002); to Alethinophidia by Greene (1997) and Vidal and Hedges (2002); to Booidea by Wilcox et al. (2002); and to Alethinophidia by Fernicola and Albino (2012).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1939 | Caenophidia Hoffstetter |
1988 | Caenophidia Carroll |
1997 | Caenophidia Greene |
2002 | Caenophidia Lee and Scanlon |
2002 | Caenophidia Vidal and Hedges p. 983 |
2002 | Caenophidia Wilcox et al. |
2012 | Caenophidia Fernicola and Albino |
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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.
Unr. Caenophidia Hoffstetter 1939
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Fm. Acrochordidae Bonaparte 1840
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G. Acrochordus Hornstedt 1787
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†Acrochordus dehmi Hoffstetter 1964
Acrochordus granulatus Schneider 1799 [Little file snake]
Fm. †Russellophiidae Rage 1978
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G. †Russellophis Rage 1975
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†Russellophis crassus Rage et al. 2008
†Russellophis tenuis Rage 1975
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available