Albaneryx volynicus Zerova 1989 (sand boa)

Reptilia - Squamata - Boidae

Full reference: G. A. Zerova. 1989. Pervaya nakhodka iskopaemovo udavchika roda Albaneryx (Reptilia, Boidae) v SSSR. [The first find of a fossil sand boa of the genus Albaneryx (Serpentes, Boidae) in the USSR]. Vestnik Zoologii 1989(5):30-35

Belongs to Albaneryx according to G. A. Zerova 1989

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IZAN 22-1089 (a single posterior caudal vertebra). Its type locality is Gritsev, which is in a Vallesian fissure fill horizon in Ukraine.

Ecology: fossorial carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Hungary (1 collection), Ukraine (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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