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Paracoluber storeri

Reptilia - Colubridae

Taxonomy
Paracoluber storeri was named by Holman (1970). Its type specimen is ROM 7707, a set of vertebrae (single lumbar vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kleinfelder Farm, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Wood Mountain Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Paracoluber storeri Holman
1984Paracoluber storeri Rage p. 50
1995Paracoluber storeri Parmley and Holman p. 82
2010Paracoluber storeri Parmley and Hunter p. 529

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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)
familyColubridae
subfamilyColubrinae
genusParacoluber
speciesstoreri

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.

Paracoluber storeri Holman 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2005-09-05 19:47:49
Modified: 2005-09-05 21:47:49
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Behler and King 1979

Age range: base of the Hemingfordian to the top of the Hemphillian or 18.50000 to 4.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Wyoming) Paracoluber storeri (19073)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5Canada (Saskatchewan) Paracoluber storeri (type locality: 18759)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Paracoluber storeri (18327)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Nebraska) Paracoluber storeri (18225)