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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4576070	https://www.gbif.org/species/4576070
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	36416	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=36416

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Pachyophiidae : Simoliophis

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Dolichosauridae : Simoliophis

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
-	Episquamata	Pyron et al. 2013
-	Toxicofera	Vidal and Hedges 2005
superfamily	Mosasauria
-	Dolichosauridae
genus	Simoliophis	Sauvage 1880

Scientific Name

Simoliophis Sauvage, 1880

Name Published In

C. R. Acad. Nat. Sci. Paris, 91

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Simoliophis	genus	belongs to Dolichosauridae	stated with evidence	McDowell and Bogert, 1954
Simoliophis	genus	belongs to Simoliopheidae	implied	Carroll, 1988
Simoliophis	genus	belongs to Simoliopheidae	stated without evidence	Nessov et al., 1998
Simoliophis	genus	belongs to Squamata	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Simoliophis	genus	belongs to Pachyophiidae	stated without evidence	Rieppel and Head, 2004

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

101 - 94 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

terrestrial (based on Diapsida)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Simoliophis libycus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Simoliophis rochebrunei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Symoliophis Rochebrune, 1880	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Pachyophiidae : *Symoliophis*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1880	Simoliophis Sauvage
1954	Symoliophis McDowell and Bogert p. 132
1988	Simoliophis Carroll
1998	Simoliophis Nessov et al. p. 5
2002	Simoliophis Sepkoski, Jr.
2004	Simoliophis Rieppel and Head

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

McDowell S. B., Bogert C. M. (1954) The systematic postition of Lanthanotus and the affinities of the anguinomorphan lizards, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 105 1, 1-142

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

Nessov L. A., Zhegallo V. I., et al (1998) A new locality of Late Cretaceous snakes, mammals and other vertebrates in Africa (western Libya), Annales de Paléontologie 84 3-4, 265-275

Rieppel O., Head J.J. (2004) New specimens of the fossil snake genus Eupodophis Rage and Escuillié, from the mid-Cretaceous of Lebanon, Memorie della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 23 2, 1-26

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

C. R. Acad. Nat. Sci. Paris, 91 - 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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