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Geringophis ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4820482	https://www.gbif.org/species/4820482
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	38100	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=38100

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Boidae : Geringophis

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
family	Boidae	Gray 1825
genus	Geringophis	Holman 1976

Scientific Name

Geringophis Holman, 1976

Name Published In

Herpetologica 32

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Geringophis	genus	belongs to Boidae	stated without evidence	Holman, 1982
Geringophis	genus	belongs to Boidae	implied	Carroll, 1988
Geringophis	genus	belongs to Erycinae	stated with evidence	Maddox and Wall, 1998
Geringophis	genus	belongs to Erycinae	stated without evidence	Holman, 2000

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

33.9 - 33.3 Ma
Oligocene

Last Recorded Appearance

16.0 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene

Environment

freshwater,terrestrial (based on Boidae)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

carnivore (based on Boidae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Geringophis depressus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	26.3 Ma Oligocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Geringophis robustus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	33.3 Ma Oligocene	33.3 Ma Oligocene
Geringophis vetus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Geringophis yatkolae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Geringophis yatkolai ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1976	Geringophis Holman
1982	Geringophis Holman p. 34
1988	Geringophis Carroll
1998	Geringophis Maddox and Wall p. 7
2000	Geringophis Holman p. 70

References

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

Holman J. A. (1982) New herpetological species and records from the Norden Bridge fauna (Miocene: Late Barstovian) of Nebraska, Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 10, 31-36

Maddox D., Wall W. P. (1998) A systematic review of the fossil lizards and snakes (Squamata) from the White River Group of Badlands National Park, National Park Service Paleontological Research Vol. 3 Technical Report NPS/NRGRD/GRDTR-98/1, 4-7

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

Herpetologica 32 - 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

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

original work (title/other) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

GBIF/Michigan State University Museum: Vertebrate specimens - 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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