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Taxonomy
Lithophis sargenti was named by Marsh (1871). Its type specimen is YPM 2719, a set of vertebrae (Single thoracic vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grizzly Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Lithophis.
Synonymy list
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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.
†Lithophis sargenti Marsh 1871
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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| Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Behler and King 1979, Greene 1997, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Bridgerian or 50.50000 to 46.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Lithophis sargenti (type locality: 16228) |