Where: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (22.1° S, 41.6° W: paleocoordinates 25.0° S, 30.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Itaboraian mammal zone, Late/Upper Paleocene to Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 48.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; carbonate
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), chemical, mechanical,
Primary reference: J.-C. Rage. 1998. Fossil snakes from the Palaeocene of São José de Itaboraí, Brazil. Part I. Madtsoiidae, Aniliidae. Palaeovertebrata 27(3-4):109-144 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Head]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 48091: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Jason Head on 13.03.2005, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Boidae indet.1, Paraungaliophis pricei n. gen. n. sp.2, cf. Paraungaliophis pricei2, Boinae " sp. A "1, Boinae " sp. B "1, Waincophis sp.1, cf. Waincophis sp.1, Waincophis cameratus n. sp.1, Waincophis cf. cameratus1, Waincophis pressulus n. sp.1, Waincophis cf. pressulus1, cf. Corallus sp.1, Corallus priscus n. sp.1, cf. Hechtophis sp.1, Hechtophis austrinus n. gen. n. sp.1
Boidae indet.1 Gray 1825 boa two dentaries (DGM 1355-R: one rather complete dentary; DGM 1356-R: anteriormost part of a dentary)
Paraungaliophis pricei n. gen. n. sp.2 Rage 2008 dwarf boa DGM 1365-R - holotype (mid-trunk vertebra); referred material: DGM 1366-R (posterior trunk vertebra)
cf. Paraungaliophis pricei2 Rage 2008 dwarf boa DGM 1377-R - posterior (posteriormost?) trunk vertebra
Waincophis sp.1 Albino 1987 boa 58 trunk vertebrae (DGM 1348a-R: 14 vertebrae; DGM 1348b-R: 3 vertebrae; DGM 1348c-R: 10 vertebrae; DGM 1349a-R: 4 vertebrae; DGM 1349b-R: 2 vertebrae; DGM 1349c-R: 5 vertebrae; DGM 1349d-R: 1 vertebra; DGM 1349e-R: 1 vertebra; DGM 1349f-R: 18 vertebrae)
cf. Waincophis sp.1 Albino 1987 boa 2 dentaries (DGM 1350-R and DGM 135 1-R); 34 trunk vertebrae (DGM 1352a-R: 2 vertebrae; DGM 1352b-R: 5 vertebrae; DGM 1352c-R: 1 vertebra; DGM 1352d-R: 3 vertebrae; DGM 1352e-R: 18 vertebrae; DGM 1352f-R: 5 vertebrae
Waincophis cameratus n. sp.1 Rage 2001 boa DGM 1343-R (holotype), one mid-trunk vertebra; referred material consists of 48 trunk vertebrae (DGM 1344-R: 1 vertebra; DGM 1345a-R: 3 vertebrae; DGM 1345b-R: 5 vertebrae; DGM 1345c-R: 1 vertebra; DGM 1346a-R: 21 vertebrae; DGM 1346b-R: 17 vertebrae)
Waincophis cf. cameratus1 Rage 2001 boa 5 trunk vertebrae (DGM 1347a-R: 3 vertebrae; DGM 1347b-R: 1 vertebra; DGM 1347c-R: 1 vertebra)
Waincophis pressulus n. sp.1 Rage 2001 boa DGM 1337-R, one mid-trunk vertebra; referred material consists of 34 trunk vertebrae (DGM 1338-R: 1 vertebra; DGM 1339-R: 1 vertebra; DGM 1340a-R: 3 vertebrae; DGM 1340b-R: 4 vertebrae; DGM 1340c-R: 4 vertebrae; DGM 1341a-R: 2 articulated vertebrae; DGM 1341b-R: 1 vertebra; DGM 1341c-R: 4 vellebrae; DGM 1341d-R: 13 vertebrae; DGM 1341e-R: 1 vertebra)
Waincophis cf. pressulus1 Rage 2001 boa 14 trunk vertebrae (DGM 1342a-R: 7 vertebrae; DGM 1342b-R: 2 vertebrae; DGM 1342~-R: 1 vertebra; DGM 1342d-R: 3 vertebrae; DGM 1342e-R: 1 vertebra)
cf. Corallus sp.1 Daudin 1803 boa 15 trunk vertebrae (DOM 1336a-R: 7 vertebrae; DOM 1336b-R: 1 vertebra; DOM 1336c-R: 4 vertebrae; DOM 1336d-R: 3 vertebrae)
Corallus priscus n. sp.1 Rage 2001 boa DGM 1332-R (holotype), one mid-trunk vertebra; referred material consists of 37 trunk vertebrae (DGM 1333-R: 1 vertebra; DGM 1334a-R: 2 vertebrae; DGM 1334b-R: 9 vertebrae; DGM 1334c-R: 1 vertebra; DGM 1335a-R: 1 vertebra; DGM 1335b-R: 1 vertebra; DGM 1335c-R: 1 vertebra; DGM 1335d-R: 21 vertebrae)
cf. Hechtophis sp.1 Rage 2001 boa 35 trunk vertebrae (DOM 1331a-R: 3 vertebrae; DOM 1331b-R: 11 vertebrae; DOM 1331c-R: 11 vertebrae; DOM 1331d-R: 6 vertebrae; DOM 1331e-R: 4 vertebrae)
Hechtophis austrinus n. gen. n. sp.1 Rage 2001 boa DGM 1326-R (holotype), one mid-trunk vertebra; referred material consists of 71 trunk vertebrae (DOM 1327-R: 1 vertebra; DOM 1328-R: 1 vertebra; DOM 1329a-R: 11 vertebrae; DOM 1329b-R: 1 vertebra; DOM 1329c-R: 1 vertebra; DOM 1329d-R: 10 vertebrae; DOM 1329e-R: 13 vertebrae; DOM 1330a-R: 7 116 vertebrae; DGM 1330b-R: 7 vertebrae; DGM 1330c-R: 3 vertebrae; DGM 1330d-R: 2 vertebrae; DGM 1330e-R: 14 vertebrae)
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Itaboraiophis depressus n. gen. n. sp.2 Rage 2008 snake DGM 1357-R - holotype (mid-trunk vertebra); referred material: ten trunk vertebrae (DGM 1358-R to 1362-R; DGM 1363a, b-R; DGM 1364a, b, c-R)
Paulacoutophis perplexus n. gen. n. sp.2 Rage 2008 snake DGM 1367-R - holotype (mid-trunk vertebra); referred material: ten trunk vertebrae (DGM 1368-R to 1372-R; DGM 1373a, b-R; DGM 1374a, b, c-R) and one cloacal or anterior caudal vertebra (DGM 1375-R)
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Hoffstetterella brasiliensis n. gen. n. sp., cf. Hoffstetterella brasiliensis
Hoffstetterella brasiliensis n. gen. n. sp. Rage 1998 snake DGM 1323-R (holotype) one mid-trunk vertebra; DGM 1324a-R, DGM 1324b-R, DGM 1325-R, seven vertebrae
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Madtsoia camposi n. sp.
Madtsoia camposi n. sp. Rage 1998 snake DGM 1311-R (holotype), one mid-trunk vertebra; Referred material: 1 palatine (DGM 13l3a-R), 1 maxilla (DGM 13l3b-R), 1 dentary (DGM 1313c-R), 177 vertebrae, complete or identifiable fragments (DGM 1310aR/ 1310i-R, DGM 1314-R, DGM 1315-R, DGM 1316a-R, 1316b-R, DGM 1317a-R, 1317b-R, DGM 1318a-R, DGM 1319-R, DGM 1320a-R, DGM 1320b-R), 36 ribs (DGM 1312a-R, DGM 1312b-R, DGM 1316c-R, DGM 1317c-R, DGM 1317d-R, DGM 1318b-R), (l31Oa-R/13lOi-R, 1315-R, 1320a-R, and 1320b-R.
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