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Ogmophis pauperrimus

Reptilia - Loxocemidae

Taxonomy
Ogmophis pauperrimus was named by Vanzolini (1952). Its type specimen is MCZ 1976, a set of vertebrae (one dorsal vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Thomas Farm, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Alachua Formation of Florida.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Ogmophis pauperrimus Vanzolini p. 453
1963Ogmophis pauperrimus Auffenberg p. 160
1984Ogmophis pauperrimus Rage p. 27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
Henophidia
familyLoxocemidaeCope 1861
genusOgmophisCope 1844
speciespauperrimus

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.

Ogmophis pauperrimus Vanzolini 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Hemingfordian or 18.50000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Florida) Ogmophis pauperrimus (type locality: 18597)