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Woutersophis novus
Taxonomy
Woutersophis novus was named by Rage (1980). Its type specimen is MNHN CBL 1, a set of vertebrae (a single mid-trunk vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Van Pachtenbeke sandpit, which is in a Lutetian coastal sandstone in the Brussel Formation of Belgium.
Synonymy list
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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.
†Woutersophis novus Rage 1980
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J.-C. Rage 1980 | Serpent à vertèbres hautes, comprimées latéralement (= adaptation à la vie aquatique) et modérément allongées. Hypapophyses présentes sur les dorsales antérieures et moyennes. Section du centrum non subtriangulaire. Grand axe des facettes zygapophysaires non transversal mais se rapprochant du grand axe des vertèbres. Prézygapophyses comprimées, formant une lame sous la facette articulaire. |
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Lutetian | Belgium (Brussels) | Woutersophis novus (124461 124686 167775 167776) | |
| Lutetian | Belgium (Brabant) | Woutersophis novus (124459) | |
| Lutetian | Belgium (Vlaams-Brabant) | Woutersophis novus (38719) | |
| Lutetian | Belgium (Flanders) | Woutersophis novus (type locality: 167763 167778) |