Paleryx rhombifer Owen 1849 (boa)

Reptilia - Squamata - Boidae

Full reference: R. Owen. 1849. A History of British Fossil Reptiles, Part I. 1-328

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

See also Holman et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Paleryx cayluxi, Paleryx depressus, Paleryx spinifer

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hordle Cliff (generic, non-specific locality), which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Headon Beds Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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