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Hibernophis breithaupti

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Hibernophis breithaupti was named by Croghan et al. (2024) [http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:30A084BC-0633-4E3A-BA0D-778CE5DFD5A3]. Its type specimen is UW-11120-A, a partial skeleton (skkull and nearly complete skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UW V-75004, which is in an Orellan fluvial mudstone in the White River Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Hibernophis breithaupti Croghan et al. p. 4 figs. 1-10

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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
superfamilyBooideaGray 1825
genusHibernophis
speciesbreithaupti

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.

†Hibernophis breithaupti Croghan et al. 2024
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Grouping: solitarysuperf
Environment: terrestrialsuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Created: 2005-09-19 11:48:22
Modified: 2005-09-19 13:48:22
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Greene 1997, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Orellan or 33.90000 to 31.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Wyoming) Hibernophis breithaupti (232918) Ogmophis sp., Calamagras sp. (type locality: 99678)