†Waincophis pressulus Rage 2001 (boa)
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Full reference: J.-C. Rage. 2001. Fossil snakes from the Palaeocene of São José de Itaboraí, Brazil. Part II. Boidae. Palaeovertebrata 30(3-4):111-150
Belongs to Waincophis according to J.-C. Rage 2001
Sister taxa: Waincophis australis, Waincophis cameratus
Type specimen: DGM 1337-R, a set of vertebrae (mid-trunk vertebra). Its type locality is Itaboraí snake collections, which is in a Paleocene/Eocene terrestrial carbonate in Brazil.
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution: found only at Itaboraí snake collections
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