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Powellophis andina

Reptilia - Madtsoiidae

Taxonomy
Powellophis andina was named by Garberoglio et al. (2022). Its type specimen is PVL 4714, a partial skeleton (articulated skeleton with crania and precloacal vertebrae and ribs), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Near Mina Aguilar, 29 km south of Tres Cruces (PVL), which is in a Selandian/Thanetian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Mealla Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Powellophis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Powellophis andina Garberoglio et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
familyMadtsoiidae()
genusPowellophis
speciesandina

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.

†Powellophis andina Garberoglio et al. 2022
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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 Selandian to the top of the Thanetian or 61.60000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Argentina (Jujuy) Powellophis andina (type locality: 228014)