Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae
Full reference: J.-C. Rage. 1974. Les Serpents des Phosphorites du Quercy. Palaeovertebrata 6:274-303
Belongs to Coluber according to J.-C. Rage 1974
See also Rage 1984
Sister taxa: Coluber acuminatus, Coluber beggiatoi, Coluber caspioides, Coluber caspius, Coluber constrictor, Coluber dolnicensis, Coluber fossilis, Coluber freybergi, Coluber gervaisii, Coluber hungaricus, Coluber lafonti, Coluber lobsingensis, Coluber merkurensis, Coluber ombonii, Coluber planicarinatus, Coluber plioagellus, Coluber pouchetii, Coluber robertmertensi, Coluber suevicus, Coluber viridiflavus
Type specimen: Universite de Montpellier MGT 3505, a set of vertebrae (several dorsal and caudal vertebrae). Its type locality is Mas de Got A, which is in a MP 22 terrestrial phosphorite in France.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Germany (1 collection), Spain (1)
• Oligocene of France (11)
Total: 13 collections including 14 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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