Albaneryx Hoffstetter and Rage 1972 (sand boa)

Reptilia - Squamata - Boidae

Full reference: R. Hoffstetter and J.-C. Rage. 1972. Les Erycinae fossiles de France (Serpentes, Boidea) compréhension et histoire de la sous-famille. Annales de Paléontologie (Vertébrés) 58(1):81-124

Parent taxon: Erycinae according to G. A. Zerova 1989

See also Carroll 1988 and Hoffstetter and Rage 1972

Sister taxa: Bransateryx, Cadurceryx, Eryx, Gaimanophis, Geringophis, Gongylophis, Huberophis, Lichanura, Pterygoboa, Tregophis

Subtaxa: Albaneryx volynicus

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Ecology: fossorial carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of France (1 collection), Hungary (1), Ukraine (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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