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Micrurus

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Description

Micrurus is a genus of venomous coral snakes of the family Elapidae.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micrurus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8941741	https://www.gbif.org/species/8941741
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	64904	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=64904

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Elapidae : Micrurus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Lepidosauromorpha
superorder	Lepidosauria
order	Squamata	Oppel 1811
suborder	Ophidia
-	Serpentes
infraorder	Alethinophidia	Nopcsa 1923
-	Macrostomata	Ritgen 1828
superfamily	Booidea	Gray 1825
-	Caenophidia	Hoffstetter 1939
superfamily	Colubroidea	Oppel 1811
family	Elapidae	Boié 1827
genus	Micrurus	Wagler 1824

Common Name

coral snake

Scientific Name

Micrurus Wagler, 1824

Name Published In

Wagler, Johann G. 1824. Serpentum Brasiliensium species novae. publiée par J. de Spix. Franc. Seraph. Hübschmanni, Monachii.: i-viii, 1-75, , pls.1-26.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Micrurus	genus	belongs to Elapidae	stated without evidence	Ivanov, 2000

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

20.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Booidea)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

carnivore (based on Elapidae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

M. Ivanov. 2000. Snakes of the lower/middle Miocene transition at Vieux Collonges (Rhône, France), with comments on the colonisation of western Europe by colubroids. Geodiversitas 22(4):559-588

Common Name(s)

Coral Snake, American Coral Snakes, American Coralsnakes

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micrurus

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Micrurus albicinctus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus alleni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus altirostris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus ancoralis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus annellatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus averyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus baliocoryphus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus bernadi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus bocourti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus bogerti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus brasiliensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus browni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus camilae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus catamayensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus circinalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus clarki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus collaris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus corallinis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus corallinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus decoratus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus diana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus diastema species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus dissoleucus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus distans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus distanti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus diutius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus dumerilii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus elegans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus ephippifer species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus filiformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus frontalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus fulvius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus gallicus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	20.0 Ma Miocene	12.8 Ma Miocene
Micrurus hemprichii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus hippocrepis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus ibiboboca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus isozonus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus langsdorffi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus laticollaris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus latifasciatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus lemniscatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus limbatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus margaritifer species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus margaritiferus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus medemi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus meridensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus mertensi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus mipartitus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus mosquitensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus multifasciatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus multiscutatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus narduccii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus nattereri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus nebularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus nigrocinctus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus obscurus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus oligoanellatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus ornatissimus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus pacaraimae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus pachecogili species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus paraensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus peruvianus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus petersi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus potyguara species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus proximans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus psyches species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus putumayensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus pyrrhocryptus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus remotus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus renjifoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus ruatanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus sangilensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus scutiventris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus serranus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus silviae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus spixii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus spurrelli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus steindachneri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus stewarti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus stuarti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus surinamensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus tamaulipensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus tener species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus tikuna species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micrurus tschudii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Troianous Hoser, 2012	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Elapidae : *Troianous*
Leptomicrurus K.P.Schmidt, 1937	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Elapidae : *Leptomicrurus*
Hoserelapidea Hoser, 2012	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Elapidae : *Hoserelapidea*
Binghamus Hoser, 2012	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Elapidae : *Binghamus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1824	Micrurus Wagler
2000	Micrurus Ivanov

References

Ivanov M. (2000) Snakes of the lower/middle Miocene transition at Vieux Collonges (Rhône, France), with comments on the colonisation of western Europe by colubroids., Geodiversitas 22 4, 559-588

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1201 Elapidae Boie, 1827 (Reptilia, Serpentes): ruling to stabilize nomenclature of taxa in this family (and others).Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 39(1), 21-26 (1982) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

Wallach, Van, Kenneth L. Williams, and Jeff Boundy, 2014: null. Snakes of the World. A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. 1209. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed., 1993: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. iv + 73. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2004: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada, draft (2004). - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

David, Patrick, and Ivan Ineich, 1999: Les serpents venimeux du monde: systematique et repartition. Dumerilia, vol. 3. 3-499. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Golay, P., et al., 1993: null. Endoglyphs and Other Major Venomous Snakes of the World: A Checklist. v + 478. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

in Spix, Serp. Brasil. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Uetz, 1995-, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Uetz, 1995- - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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