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Taxonomy
Waincophis pressulus was named by Rage (2001). Its type specimen is DGM 1337-R, a set of vertebrae (mid-trunk vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Itaboraí snake collections, which is in a Paleocene/Eocene terrestrial carbonate in Brazil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2001 | Waincophis pressulus Rage |
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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.
†Waincophis pressulus Rage 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subf = subfamily, superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Greene 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Head 2005, Behler and King 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Early/Lower Eocene or 59.24000 to 48.07000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene | Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) | Waincophis pressulus (type locality: 48091) |