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Pterosphenus sp.
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Taxonomy
Sea Snake Vert.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Palaeopheidae
Genus: Pterosphenus
Species: Pterosphenus sp.
Author Citation Lucas, 1898
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Paleogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Eocene
Stratigraphy
Castle Hayne Formation
Provenance
Collector: Don Rideout
Date Collected: 01/14/2024
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Length: 19.3 cm
Width: 16.4 cm
Height: 25.3 cm
Location
Private Marl Pit
Jones County
North Carolina
United States
Comments
Upon collecting this specimen, the fourth from this location and the best preserved I labeled it as Palaeophis sp. After research and comparing with photos and line drawings from different sources I have changed that to Pterosphenus. It compares favorably to Pterosphenus schucherti (Lucas, 1898} But I am not prepared at this time to give it this positive I.D.
Reference:
Parmley and Devore, 2005. Palaeopheid Snakes from the Late Eocene Hardie Mine Local Fauna of Central Georgia. Southeastern Naturalist, 4 (4): 703-722
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