Morelia Gray 1842 (python)
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Reptilia - Squamata - Pythonidae
Synonym: Montypythonoides Smith and Plane 1985
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1842. Synopsis of the species of prehensile-tailed Snakes, or the Family Boidae. The Zoological Miscellany 1842(March):41-46
Parent taxon: Pythoninae according to J. D. Scanlon 2001
See also Gray 1842 and Smith and Plane 1985
Sister taxon: Liasis
Subtaxa: Morelia riversleighensis Morelia spilota
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Miocene of Australia (11)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
Total: 13 collections including 16 occurrences
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