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Gyalopion

Reptilia - Colubridae

Taxonomy
Gyalopion was named by Cope (1860). It is extant.

It was corrected as Gyalopium by Cope (1875).

It was assigned to Colubridae by Cope (1875), Behler and King (1979) and Mead et al. (1984); and to Colubrinae by Uetz (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Gyalopion Cope
1875Gyalopium Cope p. 36
1979Gyalopion Behler and King
1984Gyalopium Mead et al. p. 259
2005Gyalopion Uetz

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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)
Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
familyColubridae
genusGyalopionCope 1860

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. Gyalopion Cope 1860
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: insectivoreg
Created: 2005-09-06 15:57:46
Modified: 2005-09-06 17:57:46
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Behler and King 1979

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0USA (Arizona) Gyalopium canum (93374)