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Pterosphenus
Taxonomy
Pterosphenus was named by Lucas (1898) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-u T Eo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 505]. It is not extant. Its type is Pterosphenus schucherti.
It was assigned to Serpentes by Lucas (1898); to Palaeophidae by Hay (1902), Andrews (1906), Hay (1930), Kuhn (1966), Thurmond and Jones (1981) and Carroll (1988); to Squamata by Sepkoski (2002); to Palaeopheinae by Holman et al. (1991) and Parmley and Reed (2003); to Palaeopheidae by Head et al. (2005); to Palaeophiinae by Rage et al. (2003) and Kristensen et al. (2012); and to Palaeophiidae by Westgate and Ward (1981), Rage et al. (2008), McCartney and Seiffert (2016) and Georgalis (2023).
It was assigned to Serpentes by Lucas (1898); to Palaeophidae by Hay (1902), Andrews (1906), Hay (1930), Kuhn (1966), Thurmond and Jones (1981) and Carroll (1988); to Squamata by Sepkoski (2002); to Palaeopheinae by Holman et al. (1991) and Parmley and Reed (2003); to Palaeopheidae by Head et al. (2005); to Palaeophiinae by Rage et al. (2003) and Kristensen et al. (2012); and to Palaeophiidae by Westgate and Ward (1981), Rage et al. (2008), McCartney and Seiffert (2016) and Georgalis (2023).
Species
P. biswasi, P. kutchensis, P. muruntau, P. schucherti (type species), P. schweinfurthi, P. sheppardi
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1898 | Pterosphenus Lucas |
1901 | Moeriophis Andrews p. 438 |
1902 | Pterosphenus Hay p. 479 |
1906 | Pterosphenus Andrews p. 309 |
1930 | Pterosphenus Hay p. 267 |
1966 | Pterosphenus Kuhn p. 63 |
1981 | Pterosphenus Thurmond and Jones p. 163 |
1981 | Pterosphenus Westgate and Ward p. 161 |
1988 | Pterosphenus Carroll |
1991 | Pterosphenus Holman et al. p. 6 |
1997 | Pterosphenus muruntau Averianov p. 138 fig. 7 |
2002 | Pterosphenus Sepkoski |
2003 | Pterosphenus Parmley and Reed p. 224 |
2003 | Pterosphenus Rage et al. |
2005 | Pterosphenus Head et al. p. 246 |
2005 | Pterosphenus muruntau Parmley and DeVore |
2008 | Pterosphenus Rage et al. p. 394 |
2012 | Pterosphenus Kristensen et al. |
2016 | Pterosphenus McCartney and Seiffert p. 4 |
2023 | Pterosphenus Georgalis |
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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.
G. †Pterosphenus Lucas 1898
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†Pterosphenus biswasi Rage et al. 2003
†Pterosphenus kutchensis Rage et al. 2003
†Pterosphenus schucherti Lucas 1898
†Pterosphenus schweinfurthi Andrews 1901
†Pterosphenus sheppardi Hoffstetter 1958
Invalid names: Moeriophis Andrews 1901 [synonym], Pterosphenus muruntau Averianov 1997 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Holman 2000 |
Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 59.20000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (32 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Thanetian | USA (New Jersey) | P. schucherti (124965) | |
Ypresian | India (Gujarat) | P. sp. (55494) | |
Middle Eocene | Pakistan (Punjab) | P. sp. (38498) | |
Lutetian | Angola (Cabinda) | P. schweinfurthi (203528) | |
Late/Upper Uintan | USA (Texas) | P. schucherti (16542) | |
Bartonian | USA (Louisiana) | P. schucherti (3534) | |
Bartonian | USA (South Carolina) | P. schucherti (134300) | |
Bartonian | Western Sahara | P. schweinfurthi (175734) | |
Bartonian | Nigeria | P. sp. (32905) | |
Bartonian | Myanmar | P. sp. (41460) | |
Bartonian | India (Gujarat) | P. sp., P. kutchensis, P. biswasi (48074 48075) | |
Bartonian | Uzbekistan | P. muruntau (49137) | |
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene | Libya | P. schweinfurthi (48077) | |
Priabonian | Western Sahara | P. sp. (159113) | |
Priabonian | USA (Louisiana) | P. schucherti (55251 75638) | |
Priabonian | USA (Arkansas) | P. schucherti (16549 45641) | |
Priabonian | USA (Alabama) | P. schucherti (28983) | |
Priabonian | Egypt (Fayum) | Moeriophis sp. (74737) | |
Priabonian | USA (Georgia) | P. schucherti (45640) P. schucherti, Palaeophis virginianus (27508) | |
Priabonian | Egypt | P. schweinfurthi (67706 79700) | |
Priabonian | USA (Mississippi) | P. schucherti (6802) | |
Priabonian | USA (South Carolina) | P. schucherti (32908 206946) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | Ecuador (Santa Elena) | P. sheppardi (48076) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | USA (Louisiana) | P. schucherti (27623) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | USA (Mississippi) | P. schucherti (162733) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | USA (Florida) | P. schucherti (27641) |