Constrictores Oppel, 1811-the available name for the taxonomic group uniting boas and pythons
Constrictores Oppel, 1811-the available name for the taxonomic group uniting boas and pythons
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DOI：
10.26049/vz70-3-2020-03
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发表时间：
2020-01-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Smith, Krister T.
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作者：
Georgalis, Georgios L.;Smith, Krister T.
最近的进展，蛇的系统发育关系，使用分子和形态学数据一般表明，蟒蛇和蟒蛇之间的密切关系，但也引起命名的变化，抢劫最不包容的沼泽地，都属于一个名字。这个名字将是非常有用的，因为它是最不包容的组，大量的化石蟒蛇或蟒蛇类分类群可以分配。因此，需要更新更高级别的术语。我们在此提供了历史上用于蟒蛇和蟒蛇的所有名称的概述。我们发现，最早的名称为超家族组包括蟒蛇和蟒蛇是Constrictores Oppel，1811年。我们在此重新验证它作为一个命令组名称以下Alethinophidia Nopcsa，1923年，并提供了一个系统发育的定义，它包括Booidea和Pythonoidea的现代概念。我们根据最近的形态学数据集提供了缩颈虫，Booidea和Pythonoidea的修正诊断。
Recent advances in the phylogenetic relationships of snakes using both molecular and morphological data have generally demonstrated a close relationship between boas and pythons but also induced nomenclatural changes that rob the least inclusive Glade to which both belong of a name. This name would be tremendously useful, because it is the least inclusive group to which a large number of fossil boa-like or python-like taxa can be assigned. Accordingly, an update of higher-level nomenclature is desirable. We herein provide an overview of all the names that have historically been applied to boas and pythons. We show that the earliest name for the supra-familial group encompassing boas and pythons is Constrictores Oppel, 1811. We herein revalidate it as an order-group name below Alethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923 and provide a phylogenetic definition of it to encompass the modern concepts of Booidea and Pythonoidea. We provide emended diagnoses for Constrictores, Booidea, and Pythonoidea based on recent morphological data-sets.