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Crotalus horridus (timber rattlesnake)

Reptilia - Crotalidae

Taxonomy
Crotalus horridus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Crotalus horridus Linnaeus
1875Crotalus horridus Cope p. 33
1902Crotalus horridus Hay p. 481
1930Crotalus horridus Hay p. 270
1974Crotalus horridus Holman p. 345
1984Crotalus horridus Rage p. 56
1985Crotalus horridus Holman
1995Crotalus horridus Parmley and Holman p. 85

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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
superfamilyColubroidea
familyCrotalidae()
genusCrotalus
specieshorridusLinnaeus 1758

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.

Crotalus horridus Linnaeus 1758 [timber rattlesnake]
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 9.40000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Nebraska) Crotalus horridus (18225)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Nebraska) Crotalus horridus (19954 27572)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Crotalus horridus (123875 124319)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Pennsylvania) Crotalus horridus (20354)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Maryland) Crotalus horridus (20302)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Texas) Crotalus horridus (20337)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Missouri) Crotalus horridus (75995)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Crotalus horridus (82258)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Crotalus horridus (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Crotalus horridus (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Crotalus horridus (104689)