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Caenophidia

Reptilia

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).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Caenophidia Hoffstetter
1988Caenophidia Carroll
1997Caenophidia Greene
2002Caenophidia Lee and Scanlon
2002Caenophidia Vidal and Hedges p. 983
2002Caenophidia Wilcox et al.
2012Caenophidia Fernicola and Albino

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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()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
Caenophidia
Caenophidia

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. †Krebsophis Rage and Werner 1999
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Krebsophis thobanus Rage and Werner 1999
G. †Russellophis Rage 1975
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Russellophis crassus Rage et al. 2008
Russellophis tenuis Rage 1975
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available