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Palaeophiidae
Taxonomy
Palaeopheidae was named by Lydekker (1888). It is not extant.
It was corrected as Palaeophiidae by Kuhn (1946), Rage et al. (2008), Snetkov and Bannikov (2010), Snetkov (2011), Zvonok and Snetkov (2012), McCartney and Seiffert (2016) and Georgalis (2023).
It was assigned to Serpentes by Lydekker (1888); to Cholophidia by Kuhn (1946); to Booidea by Holman and Case (1988), Holman et al. (1991) and Parmley and Reed (2003); to Alethinophidia by Parmley and DeVore (2005) and Head et al. (2005); to Acrochordoidea by Snetkov and Bannikov (2010), Snetkov (2011) and Zvonok and Snetkov (2012); to Alethinophidia by McCartney and Seiffert (2016); and to Serpentes by Rage et al. (2008) and Georgalis (2023).
It was corrected as Palaeophiidae by Kuhn (1946), Rage et al. (2008), Snetkov and Bannikov (2010), Snetkov (2011), Zvonok and Snetkov (2012), McCartney and Seiffert (2016) and Georgalis (2023).
It was assigned to Serpentes by Lydekker (1888); to Cholophidia by Kuhn (1946); to Booidea by Holman and Case (1988), Holman et al. (1991) and Parmley and Reed (2003); to Alethinophidia by Parmley and DeVore (2005) and Head et al. (2005); to Acrochordoidea by Snetkov and Bannikov (2010), Snetkov (2011) and Zvonok and Snetkov (2012); to Alethinophidia by McCartney and Seiffert (2016); and to Serpentes by Rage et al. (2008) and Georgalis (2023).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1888 | Palaeopheidae Lydekker |
1946 | Palaeophiidae Kuhn p. 62 |
1988 | Palaeopheidae Holman and Case p. 329 |
1991 | Palaeopheidae Holman et al. p. 1 |
1997 | Palaeophiidae Averianov |
2003 | Palaeopheidae Parmley and Reed p. 224 |
2005 | Palaeopheidae Head et al. p. 246 |
2005 | Palaeopheidae Parmley and DeVore p. 706 |
2008 | Palaeophiidae Rage et al. p. 392 |
2010 | Palaeophiidae Snetkov and Bannikov p. 698 |
2011 | Palaeophiidae Snetkov p. 306 |
2012 | Palaeophiidae Zvonok and Snetkov p. 394 |
2016 | Palaeophiidae McCartney and Seiffert p. 4 |
2023 | Palaeophiidae Georgalis |
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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.
Fm. †Palaeophiidae Lydekker 1888
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Subfm. †Archaeophiinae Rage et al. 2003
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G. †Palaeophis Owen 1841
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†Palaeophis africanus Andrews 1924
†Palaeophis casei Holman 1982
†Palaeophis colossaeus Rage 1983
†Palaeophis ferganicus Averianov 1997
†Palaeophis grandis Marsh 1869
†Palaeophis halidanus Cope 1868
†Palaeophis littoralis Cope 1847
†Palaeophis longus Owen 1849
†Palaeophis maghrebianus Arambourg 1952
†Palaeophis nessovi Averianov 1997
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Invalid names: Palaeophis udovichenkoi Averianov 1997 [synonym]
†Palaeophis oweni de Zigno 1881
†Palaeophis porcatus Owen 1849
†Palaeophis tamdy Averianov 1997
†Palaeophis toliapicus Owen 1841
†Palaeophis typhaeus Owen 1850
†Palaeophis vastaniensis Bajpai and Head 2008
†Palaeophis virginianus Lynn 1934
†Paleophis virginianus Lynn 1934
Invalid names: Dinophis Marsh 1869 [synonym], Nessovophis Averianov 1997 [synonym], Vialovophis Nessov 1984 [synonym]
G. †Pterosphenus Lucas 1898
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†Pterosphenus biswasi Rage et al. 2003
†Pterosphenus kutchensis Rage et al. 2003
†Pterosphenus schucherti Lucas 1898
†Pterosphenus schweinfurthi Andrews 1901
†Pterosphenus sheppardi Hoffstetter 1958
Invalid names: Moeriophis Andrews 1901 [synonym], Pterosphenus muruntau Averianov 1997 [nomen dubium]
Invalid names: Palaeopheinae Lydekker [empty], Palaeophiinae Lydekker 1888 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available