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Scolecophidia
Taxonomy
Scolecophidia was named by Duméril and Bibron (1844). It is extant.
It was reranked as the unranked clade Scolecophidia by Augé and Rage (2006).
It was assigned to Serpentes by Carroll (1988), Vidal and Hedges (2002) and Venczel and Stiuca (2008); and to Serpentes by Wilcox et al. (2002), Augé and Rage (2006), Longrich et al. (2012) and Palci et al. (2013).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Scolecophidia by Augé and Rage (2006).
It was assigned to Serpentes by Carroll (1988), Vidal and Hedges (2002) and Venczel and Stiuca (2008); and to Serpentes by Wilcox et al. (2002), Augé and Rage (2006), Longrich et al. (2012) and Palci et al. (2013).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1844 | Scolecophidia Duméril and Bibron |
| 1988 | Scolecophidia Carroll |
| 2002 | Scolecophidia Vidal and Hedges p. 983 |
| 2002 | Scolecophidia Wilcox et al. |
| 2006 | Scolecophidia Augé and Rage p. 245 |
| 2008 | Scolecophidia Venczel and Stiuca p. 755 figs. 13G, H |
| 2012 | Scolecophidia Longrich et al. |
| 2013 | Scolecophidia Palci et al. |
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