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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4968142	https://www.gbif.org/species/4968142
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	38152	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=38152

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Colubridae : Texasophis

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Lepidosauromorpha
superorder	Lepidosauria
order	Squamata	Oppel 1811
suborder	Ophidia
-	Serpentes
infraorder	Alethinophidia	Nopcsa 1923
-	Macrostomata	Ritgen 1828
superfamily	Booidea	Gray 1825
-	Caenophidia	Hoffstetter 1939
superfamily	Colubroidea	Oppel 1811
family	Colubridae	Oppel 1811
subfamily	Colubrinae	Oppel 1811
genus	Texasophis	Holman 1977

Scientific Name

Texasophis Holman, 1977

Name Published In

Article title: Amphibians and reptiles from the Gulf Coast Miocene of Texas.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Texasophis	genus	belongs to Colubridae	implied	Szyndlar, 1987
Texasophis	genus	belongs to Colubrinae	stated without evidence	Holman, 2000
Texasophis	genus	belongs to Colubrinae	implied	Böhme, 2008
Texasophis	genus	belongs to Colubrinae	stated with evidence	Parmley and Hunter, 2010

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

33.9 - 33.3 Ma
Oligocene

Last Recorded Appearance

12.8 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Booidea)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

carnivore (based on Colubridae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. A. Holman. 1977. Amphibians and reptiles from the Gulf Coast Miocene of Texas. Herpetologica 33(4):391-403

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Texasophis bohemiacus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	33.9 Ma Oligocene	16.9 Ma Miocene
Texasophis fossilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	23.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Texasophis galbreathi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Texasophis hecki ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	28.4 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Texasophis meini ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	7	16.9 Ma Miocene	12.8 Ma Miocene
Texasophis wilsoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	13.6 Ma Miocene	13.6 Ma Miocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1977	Texasophis Holman
1987	Texasophis Szyndlar p. 62
1988	Texasophis Carroll
2000	Texasophis Holman p. 192
2008	Texasophis Böhme p. 170
2010	Texasophis Parmley and Hunter p. 533

References

Holman J. A. (1977) Amphibians and reptiles from the Gulf Coast Miocene of Texas, Herpetologica 33 4, 391-403

Szyndlar Z. (1987) Snakes from the Lower Miocene Locality of Dolnice (Czechoslovakia), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 7 1, 55-71

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Holman J. A. (2000) The fossil snakes of North America

Böhme M. (2008) Ectothermic vertebrates (Teleostei, Allocaudata, Urodela, Anura, Testudines, Choristodera, Crocodylia, Squamata) from the Upper Oligocene of Oberleichtersbach (Northern Bavaria, Germany), Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 260, 161-183

Parmley D., Hunter K. B. (2010) Fossil snakes of the Clarendonian (late Miocene) Pratt Slide local fauna of Nebraska, with the description of a new natricine colubrid, Journal of Herpetology 44 4, 526-543 doi:10.1670/09-248.1

Herpetologica 33. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

inferred from original work (title) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

refer original publication - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

web search (AJR) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

www.organismnames.com (Jul 2012) / web search - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Article title: Amphibians and reptiles from the Gulf Coast Miocene of Texas. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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