Itaboraiophis depressus Rage 2008 (snake)

Reptilia - Squamata

Full reference: J.-C. Rage. 2008. Fossil snakes from the Palaeocene of São José de Itaboraí, Brazil. Part III. Ungaliophiinae, booids incertae sedis, and Caenophidia. Summary, update and discussion of the snake fauna from the locality. Palaeovertebrata 36(1-4):37-73

Belongs to Itaboraiophis according to J.-C. Rage 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: DGM 1357-R (mid-trunk vertebra). Its type locality is Itaboraí snake collections, which is in a Paleocene/Eocene terrestrial carbonate in Brazil.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Itaboraí snake collections

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