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† Pterosphenus
Pterosphenus

Additional Functions

Grouping

Belong­ing to

 Gaeabionta  ⇒ Domäne: Eukaryota  ⇒ Reich: Animalia  ⇒ Mittelreich: Eumetazoa  ⇒ Klade: Triploblastica  ⇒ Klade: Nephrozoa  ⇒ Abzweig: Deuterostomia  ⇒ Stamm: Chordata  ⇒ Unterstamm: Vertebrata  ⇒ Infrastamm: Gnathostomata  ⇒ Superklasse: Tetrapoda  ⇒ Serie: Amniota  ⇒ Klade: Sauropsida  ⇒ Infraklasse: Eureptilia  ⇒ ohne Rang: Romeriida  ⇒ Unterklasse: Diapsida  ⇒ Klade: Eosuchia  ⇒ Klade: Neodiapsida  ⇒ Klade: Sauria (Klade)  ⇒ ohne Rang: Lepidosauromorpha  ⇒ Superordnung: Lepidosauria  ⇒ Ordnung: Squamata  ⇒ Unterordnung: Ophidia  ⇒ Klade: Serpentes  ⇒ Infraordnung: Alethinophidia  ⇒ Familie: Palaeophiidae

Taxo­nomic seg­ment

Gattung

This mentioned taxonomy is an attempt to make an conclusive assignment from the different classifications of various scientists. Because the taxonomy may change due to the latest investigative methods and other findings, our map is a guide only.

Name from

Corre­spond­ing author (Name, Year)

Lucas, 1898

Other languages

scientific

Pterosphenus

Alternative Name

scientific

Moeriophis

Andrews, 1901
Ref.: C. W. Andrews. 1906. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Tertiary Vertebrata of Fayum, Egypt

Lebenszeitraum in Million Jahren (Ma)

Start age: 56 Ma - End age: 33.9 Ma
Phanerozoic
(Phanerozoikum)
Cenozoic
(Känozoikum)
Paleogene
(Paläogen)
Eocene
(Eozän)
Paleocene
(Paläozän)
Priabonian
(Priabonium)
Bartonian
(Bartonium)
Lutetian
(Lutetium)
Ypresian
(Ypresium)
Thanetian
(Thanetium)
33.9
37
37
40.4
40.4
48.6
48.6
55.8
55.8
58.7

Additional data by PBDB, License: CC BY

Motility: actively mobile
Habit: aquatic
Environment: brackish, coastal, marine, oceanic
Compositon of the remains:

phosphatic

Reference- and Source indication, Literature

Next lower taxonomy level

On the same taxonomic level (siblings) (Count: 4)

Taxonomic assignment (5)

References by PBDB, License: CC BY

  • J. A. McCartney, 2016 - A late Eocene snake fauna from the Fayum Depression, Egypt - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (36), e1029- (journal article, English)
  • D. Parmley, 2005 - Palaeopheid snakes from the Late Eocene Hardie Mine local fauna of central Georgia - Southeastern Naturalist (4), 703-722 (journal article, English)
  • J.-C. Rage, 2003 - Early Eocene snakes from Kutch, western India, with a review of the Palaeophiidae. - Geodiversitas (25), 695-716 (journal article, )
  • A. O. Averianov, 1997 - Paleogene sea snakes from the eastern part of Tethys - Russian Journal of Herpetology (4), 128-142 (journal article, )
  • R. Hoffstetter, 1958 - Un serpent marin du genre Pterosphenus (Pt. Sheppardi nov. sp.) dans L’Éocène supérieur de L’Équateur (Amérique de Sud) - Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France (6), 45-50 (journal article, French)
  • C. W. Andrews, 1906 - - A Descriptive Catalogue of the Tertiary Vertebrata of Fayum, Egypt (), 1-324 (book, English)
  • C. W. Andrews, 1901 - Preliminary Note on some recently discovered extinct vertebrates from Egypt - Geological Magazine (8), 436-444 (journal article, English)
  • F. A. Lucas, 1898 - A new snake from the Eocene of Alabama - United States National Museum Proceedings (21), 637-638 (journal article, English)

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) BMM1nlgvaUi7V9xr_SwGoA
GUID (Global unique identifier) 9E35C304-2F58-4869-BB57-DC6BFD2C06A0
Database ID 56193