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Dryinoides oxyrhachis

Reptilia - Colubridae

Taxonomy
Dryinoides oxyrhachis was named by Auffenberg (1958). Its type specimen is A.M.N.H. No. 7524, a skeleton (partly articulated skeleton with a fragmentary skull and 21 vertebrae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Madison Valley, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Madison Valley Formation of Montana. It is the type species of Dryinoides.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Dryinoides oxyrhachis Auffenberg p. 2

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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
genusDryinoides
speciesoxyrhachis

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.

†Dryinoides oxyrhachis Auffenberg 1958
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Diagnosis
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