†Morelia riversleighensis Smith and Plane 1985 (python)
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Reptilia - Squamata - Pythonidae
Alternative combination: Montypythonoides riversleighensis
Synonyms: Liasis olivaceus Gray 1842, Morelia antiqua Smith and Plane 1985, Morelia antiquus Smith and Plane 1985
Full reference: M. J. Smith and M. Plane. 1985. Pythonine snakes (Boidae) from the Miocene of Australia. BMR Journal of Australian Geology and Geophysics 9(2):191-195
Belongs to Morelia according to J. D. Scanlon 2001
See also Kluge 1993, Scanlon 1992 and Smith and Plane 1985
Sister taxon: Morelia spilota
Type specimens:
- Morelia riversleighensis: QMF 12926, a maxilla (partial right maxilla with 9 teeth). Its type locality is Henk's Hollow Locality, which is in a Langhian/Serravallian terrestrial limestone in Australia.
- Morelia antiqua: CPC 25077 (not 20577 as given by Smith & Plane), a mandible (right dentary with 12 teeth). Its type locality is Small Hills locality, which is in a Miocene terrestrial limestone in the Camfield Beds Formation of Australia.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (9 collections)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
Total: 10 collections including 13 occurrences
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