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Coniophidae (disused)

Reptilia - Coniophidae

Taxonomy
Coniophidae was named by Hoffstetter (1955). Its type is Coniophis.

It was reranked as the subfamily Coniophinae by Kuhn (1966).

It was assigned to Aniliidae by Kuhn (1966); and to Ophidia by Longrich et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Coniophidae Hoffstetter
1966Coniophinae Kuhn p. 65
2012Coniophidae Longrich et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
familyConiophidaeHoffstetter 1955
familyConiophidaeHoffstetter 1955

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.

Fm. †Coniophidae Hoffstetter 1955
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available