Falseryx neervelpensis Szyndlar et al. 2008 (boa)

Reptilia - Squamata - Boidae

Full reference: Z. Szyndlar, R. Smith, and J.-C. Rage. 2008. A new dwarf boa (Serpentes, Booidea, 'Tropidophiidae') from the Early Oligocene of Belgium: a case of the isolation of Western European snake faunas. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 152(2):393-406

Belongs to Falseryx according to Z. Szyndlar et al. 2008

Sister taxon: Falseryx petersbuchi

Type specimen: IRSNB R 240 (one trunk vertebra). Its type locality is Boutersem TGV, which is in a Rupelian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Borgloon Formation of Belgium.

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution: found only at Boutersem TGV

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