Acrochordus dehmi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrochordoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Acrochordoidea

Familia: Acrochordidae
Genus: Acrochordus
Species: †Acrochordus dehmi

Name

Acrochordus dehmi Hoffstetter, 1964: 467

• Holotype: BSPG 1956-II-64, one trunk vertebra, collected by R. Dehm, T. zu Oettingen & H. Vidal between 1955-56.
• Type locality: “gisement de Chhoinja (form. Chingi, Miocène supérieur) couches des Siwaliks, au Nord du Pakistan occidental”.

References

Primary references

• Hoffstetter, R. 1964. Les serpents du Néogène du Pakistan (couches des Siwaliks). Bulletin de la Société géologique de France Sér. 7, 6(4): 467–474. DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.S7-VI.4.467

Additional references

• Head, J.J. 2005. Snakes of the Siwalik Group (Miocene of Pakistan): Systematics and relationship to environmental change. Palaeontologia Electronica 8(1): 1–33. PDF
• Head, J.J., Mohabey, D.M. & Wilson, J.A. 2007. Acrochordus Hornstedt (Serpentes, Caenophidia) from the Miocene of Gujarat, western India: temporal constraints on dispersal of a derived snake. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(3): 720–723. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[720:AHSCFT]2.0.CO;2 ; JSTOR
• Sanders, K.L., Mumpuni, Hamidy, A., Head, J.J. & Gower, D.J. 2010. Phylogeny and divergence times of filesnakes (Acrochordus): Inferences from morphology, fossils and three molecular loci. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56(3): 857–867. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.031 Reference page.