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Carphophis (worm snake)
Taxonomy
Carphophis was named by Gervais (1840). It is extant.
It was assigned to Colubridae by Cope (1875) and Behler and King (1979); and to Xenodontinae by Holman (1985).
It was assigned to Colubridae by Cope (1875) and Behler and King (1979); and to Xenodontinae by Holman (1985).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1840 | Carphophis Gervais |
1875 | Carphophiops Cope p. 34 |
1979 | Carphophis Behler and King |
1985 | Carphophis Holman |
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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.
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: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (12 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Pleistocene | USA (West Virginia) | Carphophis amoenus (123875 125951) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Arkansas) | Carphophis sp. (20290) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Maryland) | Carphophis amoenus (20302) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Carphophis amoenus (20491) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Carphophis amoenus (82258) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Alabama) | Carphophis anoenus (84181) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Carphophis amoenus (20573) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Georgia) | Carphophis amoenus (13066) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Carphophis amoenus (20638 155346) | |
Holocene | USA (Tennessee) | Carphophis sp. (63428) |