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Platyspondylia germanica

Reptilia - Tropidophiidae

Taxonomy
Platyspondylia germanica was named by Szyndlar and Rage (2003). It is not extant. Its type specimen is SMNS, 87146-2. Its type locality is Herrlingen 11, which is in a MP 28/MP 30 fissure fill horizon in Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Platyspondylia germanica Szyndlar and Rage p. 81 fig. 39

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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
genusPlatyspondylia
speciesgermanica

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.

†Platyspondylia germanica Szyndlar and Rage 2003
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Z. Szyndlar and J.-C. Rage 2003"Differs from Platyspondylia sudrei by having neural spine (in lateral view) shorter, higher and with its anterior border not (or weakly) inclined; by having straight (and not convex) zygosphene (in anterior view); by having smaller parapophyses; by having narrower haemal keel; by having narrower neural canal.
Differs from Platyspondylia suderi and P. lepta by having smaller absolute dimensions; by having cotyles more depressed dorso-ventrally; by having thickened neural spines of posterior trunk vertebrae.
Differs from Platyspondylia lepta by having weakly developed zygosphenal lobes; by having maxilla with the palatine process mroe slender and located more posteriorly (pg. 82)."
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 28 to the top of the MP 30 or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 28 - MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Platyspondylia germanica (type locality: 59126)