Journal of Paleontology; September 2009; v. 83; no. 5;
p. 832; DOI: 10.1666/09-058.1
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LAMPROPELTASTES DENGLER, 2008, A JUNIOR OBJECTIVE SYNONYM OF THE GENUS SAMGONUS ÖZDIKMEN, 2006 (TRILOBITA, PLETHOPELTIDAE)
JOCELYN FALCONNET1
1 Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Département Histoire de la Terre, UMR 7207 CNRS, CP 38, 57 rue Cuvier, 75231, Paris <falconnet@mnhn.fr>
Key Words: Lampropeltis Lampropeltastes Samgonus Plethopeltidae
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The genus Lampropeltis Fitzinger, 1843 (not Cope, 1860 contra Dengler, 2008) was originally erected to accomodate the Extant North American colubrid snake Coluber getulus Linnaeus, 1766, referring to the shiny appearance of its scales. Since then, the systematics of Lampropeltis has been widely revised but remains valid today (e.g., Cope, . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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