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Pachyophidae

Reptilia - Pachyophidae

Taxonomy
Pachyophidae was named by Nopcsa (1923).

It was corrected as Pachyophiidae by Kuhn (1946) and Lee et al. (1999).

It was assigned to Serpentes by Nopcsa (1923); to Cholophidia by Kuhn (1946); to Cholophidia by Kuhn (1966); and to Ophidia by Lee et al. (1999).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Pachyophidae Nopcsa
1946Pachyophiidae Kuhn p. 62
1966Pachyophidae Kuhn p. 60
1999Pachyophiidae Lee et al. p. 510

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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)
infraorderCholophidiaNopcsa 1923
familyPachyophidaeNopcsa 1923
familyPachyophidaeNopcsa 1923

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. †Pachyophidae Nopcsa 1923
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G. †Eupodophis Rage and Escuillié 2001
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Eupodophis descouensi Rage and Escuillié 2000
G. †Mesophis Bolkay 1925
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Mesophis nopcsai Bolkay 1925
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: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 99.60000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herzegovina) Mesophis nopcsai (53519)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lebanon (Kesrouâne) Podophis descouensi (60285)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lebanon Eupodophis descouensi (60311)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Bosnia and Herzegovina Pachyophiidae indet. (191944)