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Dunnophis matronensis

Reptilia - Tropidophiidae

Taxonomy
Dunnophis matronensis was named by Rage (1973). Its type specimen is MNHN Gr 7892 (a single mid-trunk vertebra) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Carrière "Grauves", which is in a Ypresian terrestrial horizon in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Dunnophis matronensis Rage p. 77
1984Dunnophis matronensis Rage p. 29

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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
—Macrostomata
familyTropidophiidaeCope 1894
genusDunnophisHecht 1959
speciesmatronensis

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.

†Dunnophis matronensis Rage 1973
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the MP 8 + 9 to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Portugal (Região Centro) Dunnophis matronensis (79200)
MP 1056.0 - 48.07France (Picardie) Dunnophis matronensis (68440)
MP 8 + 956.0 - 48.07France (Picardie) Dunnophis matronensis (84997)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Oise) Dunnophis matronensis (68174)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Marne) Dunnophis matronensis (35533 35535 type locality: 35539)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Rhone) Dunnophis matronensis (151252)