WoRMS name details
Bothrodon Kerr, 1927
760460 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:760460)
unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Genus
Bothrodon pridii Kerr, 1927 accepted as Harpago chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)
- Species Bothrodon pridii Kerr, 1927 accepted as Harpago chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine
Kerr, J. G. (1927). Bothrodon pridii, an Extinct Serpent of Gigantic Dimensions. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 46: 314–315., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0370164600022094 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Bothrodon Kerr, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=760460 on 2026-08-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Kerr, J. G. (1927). Bothrodon pridii, an Extinct Serpent of Gigantic Dimensions. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 46: 314–315., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0370164600022094 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Kuhn, O. (1936). Squamata : Lacertilia et Ophidia. <em>Fossilium catalogus.</em> 1. Animalia / editus a W. Quenstedt; pars 86. W. Junk. [details]
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Described as the fang of a giant fossil snake, but shown by Quenstedt [in Kuhn, 1939, Fossilium Catalogus, I, Pars 86: 25] to be a finger-like process of Harpago chiragra. [details]
