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Palaeophis littoralis
Taxonomy
Palaeophis littoralis was named by Cope (1847) [Type "temporarily misplaced" as of Gilmore 1938]. Its type specimen is AMNH 2392, a set of vertebrae (three vertebrae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Squankum - Shark River Marl [Nautiloida], which is in an Eocene coastal siliciclastic in the Shark River Marl Formation of New Jersey.
It was recombined as Dinophis littoralis by Marsh (1869).
It was recombined as Dinophis littoralis by Marsh (1869).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1847 | Palaeophis littoralis Cope p. 147 |
1868 | Palaeophis littoralis Cope p. 234 |
1869 | Dinophis littoralis Marsh p. 400 |
1870 | Palaeophis littoralis Cope p. 227 |
1872 | Palaeophis littoralis Cope p. 14 |
1902 | Palaeophis littoralis Hay p. 479 |
1930 | Palaeophis littoralis Hay p. 267 |
1991 | Palaeophis littoralis Holman et al. p. 51 |
2003 | Palaeophis littoralis Parmley and Reed p. 224 |
2005 | Palaeophis littoralis Parmley and DeVore |
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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.
†Palaeophis littoralis Cope 1847
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Wasatchian or 58.70000 to 50.30000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Thanetian | USA (New Jersey) | Palaeophis littoralis (3113) | |
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Mississippi) | Palaeophis littoralis (161862) | |
Wasatchian | USA (Mississippi) | Palaeophis littoralis (15719) | |
Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Mississippi) | Palaeophis littoralis (27622) |