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Palaeophis casei

Reptilia - Palaeophiidae

Taxonomy
Palaeophis casei was named by Holman (1982). Its type specimen is PU 23488, a skeleton (Trunk vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Case Estuary Number 1, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in Mississippi.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Palaeophis casei Holman p. 163 figs. 1-8
1991Palaeophis casei Holman et al. p. 4
2003Palaeophis casei Parmley and Reed p. 224
2005Palaeophis casei Parmley and DeVore p. 711

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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
speciescasei

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 casei Holman 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene58.7 - 48.6USA (Mississippi) Palaeophis casei (161862)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Palaeophis casei (type locality: 161750)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Virginia) Palaeophis casei (15595)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Mississippi) Palaeophis casei (15719)