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Palaeophis colossaeus

Reptilia - Palaeophiidae

Taxonomy
Palaeophis colossaeus was named by Rage (1983). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.TGE 614, a set of vertebrae (mid-trunk vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Butte de Tamaguilelt (MNHN collection), which is in a Ypresian marginal marine phosphorite in the Tamaguélelt Formation of Mali.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. taliapicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Palaeophis colossaeus Rage p. 1741 fig. 1
2018Palaeophis colossaeus McCartney et al.

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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)
familyPalaeophiidae()
genusPalaeophisOwen 1841
speciescolossaeus

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.

†Palaeophis colossaeus Rage 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available