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
Sister taxa: Coluber acuminatus, Coluber beggiatoi, Coluber caspioides, Coluber caspius, Coluber constrictor, Coluber dolnicensis, Coluber hungaricus, Coluber lafonti, Coluber merkurensis, Coluber ombonii, Coluber planicarinatus, 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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