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Palaeophis grandis
Taxonomy
Dinophis grandis was named by Marsh (1869). Its type specimen is YPM 2762 (single dorsal vertebra) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shark River, which is in a Lutetian terrestrial horizon in the Shark River Formation of New Jersey.
It was recombined as Palaeophis grandis by Cope (1870), Cope (1872), Cope (1872), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Rage (1984), Parmley and Reed (2003) and Parmley and DeVore (2005).
It was recombined as Palaeophis grandis by Cope (1870), Cope (1872), Cope (1872), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Rage (1984), Parmley and Reed (2003) and Parmley and DeVore (2005).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1869 | Dinophis grandis Marsh p. 400 |
| 1870 | Palaeophis grandis Cope p. 228 |
| 1872 | Palaeophis grandis Cope p. 14 |
| 1902 | Palaeophis grandis Hay p. 479 |
| 1930 | Palaeophis grandis Hay p. 267 |
| 1984 | Palaeophis grandis Rage p. 34 |
| 2003 | Palaeophis grandis Parmley and Reed p. 224 |
| 2005 | Palaeophis grandis Parmley and DeVore p. 711 |
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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.
†Palaeophis grandis Marsh 1869
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||