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Crotalus potterensis ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8830314https://www.gbif.org/species/8830314
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)367196https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=367196
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Viperidae : Crotalus : Crotalus potterensis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Crotalidae : Crotalus : Crotalus potterensis
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
-MacrostomataRitgen 1828
superfamilyBooideaGray 1825
-CaenophidiaHoffstetter 1939
superfamilyColubroideaOppel 1811
familyCrotalidae
genusCrotalusLinnaeus 1758
speciesCrotalus potterensisBrattstrom 1953
Generic NameCrotalus
Scientific NameCrotalus potterensis Brattstrom, 1953
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Crotalus potterensisspeciesbelongs to Crotalusstated with evidenceBrattstrom, 1953
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance0.13 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Last Recorded Appearance0.13 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Booidea)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Booidea)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)B. H. Brattstrom. 1953. Records of Pleistocene Reptiles from California. Copeia 1953(3):174-179

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1953Crotalus potterensis Brattstrom p. 175 fig. 1

References

Brattstrom B. H. (1953) Records of Pleistocene Reptiles from California, Copeia 1953 3, 174-179
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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