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Corallus priscus

Osteichthyes - Boidae

Taxonomy
Corallus priscus was named by Rage (2001). Its type specimen is DGM 1332-R, a set of vertebrae (mid-trunk vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Itaboraí snake collections, which is in a Paleocene/Eocene terrestrial carbonate in Brazil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. hortulanus
Entered
by J. Head on 2005-09-10; modified by T. Cleary on 2016-08-24

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Corallus priscus Rage

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
—Macrostomata
superfamilyBooideaGray 1825
familyBoidaeGray 1825
subfamilyBoinaeGray 1825
genusCorallusDaudin 1803
speciespriscus

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.

†Corallus priscus Rage 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available