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Colombophis spinosus
Taxonomy
Colombophis spinosus was named by Hsiou et al. (2010). Its type specimen is UFAC #8722; PV 2953, a set of vertebrae, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Talismã, upper Purus River, which is in a Tortonian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/claystone in the Solimões Formation of Brazil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2010 | Colombophis spinosus Hsiou et al. |
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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.
†Colombophis spinosus Hsiou et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 11.62000 to 11.60800 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Miocene | Venezuela (Falcón) | Colombophis portai (63517) | |
| Tortonian | Brazil (Amazonas) | Colombophis spinosus (type locality: 67386) | |
| Tortonian | Brazil (Acre) | Colombophis spinosus (55602) |