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Paracoluber storeri

Reptilia - Colubridae

Taxonomy
Paracoluber storeri was named by Holman (1970). Its type specimen is ROM 7707, a set of vertebrae (single lumbar vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kleinfelder Farm, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Wood Mountain Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Paracoluber.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Paracoluber storeri Holman
1995Paracoluber storeri Parmley and Holman p. 82
2010Paracoluber storeri Parmley and Hunter p. 529

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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)
familyColubridae
subfamilyColubrinae
genusParacoluber
speciesstoreri

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.

†Paracoluber storeri Holman 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2005-09-05 19:47:49
Modified: 2005-09-05 21:47:49
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Behler and King 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Late/Upper Clarendonian or 16.30000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Wyoming) Paracoluber storeri (19073)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5Canada (Saskatchewan) Paracoluber storeri (type locality: 18759)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Paracoluber storeri (18327)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Paracoluber storeri (18225)