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

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”.

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

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.