Palaeopython neglectus de Rochebrune 1884 (boa)

Reptilia - Squamata - Boidae

Belongs to Palaeopython according to J.-C. Rage 1984

See also Rage 1974

Sister taxa: Palaeopython cadurcensis, Palaeopython ceciliensis, Palaeopython filholi, Palaeopython helveticus, Palaeopython sardus

Type specimen: (no number given) (isolated vertebra). Its type locality is Phosphorites du Quercy (for taxa with non-specific locality data), which is in an Eocene/Miocene terrestrial phosphorite in the Quercy Phosphorites Formation of France.

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution: found only at Phosphorites du Quercy (for taxa with non-specific locality data)

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