Platyspondylia lepta Rage 1974 (dwarf boa)

Reptilia - Squamata - Tropidophiidae

Full reference: J.-C. Rage. 1974. Les Serpents des Phosphorites du Quercy. Palaeovertebrata 6:274-303

Belongs to Platyspondylia according to J.-C. Rage 1984

See also Rage 1974

Sister taxa: Platyspondylia germanica, Platyspondylia sudrei

Type specimen: MNHN PFR 6350, a partial skeleton (numerous vertebrae, a palatine, a quadrate, and an ?articular). Its type locality is Pech du Fraysse, which is in a MP 28 terrestrial horizon in France.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Oligocene of France (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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