Loxocemus, Cope, 1861

Zaher, Hussam & Scanferla, Carlos Agustín, 2012, The skull of the Upper Cretaceous snake Dinilysia patagonica Smith-Woodward, 1901, and its phylogenetic position revisited, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 164 (1), pp. 194-238 : 237

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00755.x

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5479504

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1D2C879F-9559-FF8F-32E8-FDE4FBEDFBCB

treatment provided by

Marcus

scientific name

Loxocemus
status

 

( LOXOCEMUS + CLADE 13)

10 (0 → 1) – dorsal (horizontal) lamina of nasal distinctly tapering anteriorly, leaving a wide gap between its lateral margin and the vertical flange of the septomaxilla (0.333).

41 (0 → 1) – the parietal margin of the optic foramen is concave (i.e. the parietal is notched by the optic foramen) (0.500).

51 (0 → 1) – anterior end of supratemporal (facet) located in front of posterior border of trigeminal foramen (0.333).

78 (1 → 0) – stapedial shaft slender and longer than diameter of stapedial foot-plate (0.500).

91 (0 → 1) – exit foramen for the hyomandibular branch of the facial nerve is located inside the opening for the mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve (1.00).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Loxocemidae

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