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Elaphe kohfidischi

Reptilia - Colubridae

Taxonomy
Elaphe kohfidischi was named by Bachmayer and Szyndlar (1985). Its type specimen is NMW 1984/96 (a single mid-trunk vertebra) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kohfidisch, which is in a MN 11 terrestrial horizon in Austria.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. buisi, E. dione, E. kochfidischi, E. pliocenica, E. schrenckii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Elaphe kohfidischi Bachmayer and Szyndlar p. 80 figs. 1-16
1987Elaphe kohfidischi Bachmayer and Szyndlar pp. 26-29 figs. 1 and 2 pl.1; text-fig. 1

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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)
familyColubridae
subfamilyColubrinae
genusElapheWagler 1833
specieskohfidischi

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.

†Elaphe kohfidischi Bachmayer and Szyndlar 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available