Cadurceryx 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 R. Hoffstetter and J.-C. Rage 1972

See also Carroll 1988

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

Subtaxa: Cadurceryx filholi Cadurceryx pearchi

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Type: Cadurceryx filholi

Ecology: fossorial carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (7 collections), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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