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Texasophis fossilis
Taxonomy
Texasophis fossilis was named by Holman (1977). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Town Bluff, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Fleming Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Texasophis.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1977 | Texasophis fossilis Holman |
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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.
†Texasophis fossilis Holman 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Behler and King 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Hemingfordian or 16.30000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Hemingfordian | USA (Colorado) | Texasophis fossilis (17965) | |
| Barstovian | USA (Texas) | Texasophis fossilis (type locality: 18664) | |
| Early/Lower Barstovian | USA (Texas) | Texasophis fossilis (18665) |