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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4968191https://www.gbif.org/species/4968191
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)84155https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=84155
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Aniliidae : Colombophis : Colombophis portai
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Aniliidae : Colombophis : Colombophis portai
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Lepidosauromorpha
superorderLepidosauria
orderSquamataOppel 1811
suborderOphidia
-Serpentes
infraorderAlethinophidiaNopcsa 1923
familyAniliidaeFitzinger 1826
genusColombophisHoffstetter and Rage 1977
speciesColombophis portaiHoffstetter & Rage 1977
Generic NameColombophis
Scientific NameColombophis portai Hoffstetter & Rage, 1977
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Colombophis portaispeciesbelongs to Colombophisstated with evidenceHoffstetter and Rage, 1977
Colombophis portaispeciesbelongs to Colombophisstated without evidenceRage, 1984
Colombophis portaispeciesbelongs to Colombophisstated with evidenceHecht and LaDuke, 1997
Colombophis portaispeciesbelongs to Colombophisstated without evidenceHead et al., 2006
Colombophis portaispeciesbelongs to Colombophisstated with evidenceHsiou et al., 2010
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance16.3 - 15.5 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance11.6 - 7.2 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Aniliidae)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Aniliidae)
Reproductionoviparous (based on Aniliidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J.-C. Rage. 1984. Handbuch de Paläoherpetologie. Teil 11. Serpentes.

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1977Colombophis portai Hoffstetter and Rage
1984Colombophis portai Rage p. 11
1997Colombophis portai Hecht and LaDuke p. 95
2006Colombophis portai Head et al. p. 234
2010Colombophis portai Hsiou et al. p. 367 figs. 2-5

References

Rage J.-C. (1984) Handbuch de Paläoherpetologie. Teil 11. Serpentes
Hecht M., LaDuke T. (1997) Limbless Tetrapods, Vertebrate paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia
Head J. J., Sânchez-Villagra M. R., et al (2006) Fossil snakes from the Neogene of Venezuela (Falcón State)., Journal of Systematic Paleontology 41 3, 233-240
Hsiou A. S., Albino A. M., et al (2010) Reappraisal of the South American Miocene snakes of the genus Colombophis, with description of a new species, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 55 3, 365-379
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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