Eunectes Wagler 1830 (anaconda)
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Parent taxon: Boidae according to M. Hecht and T. LaDuke 1997
See also Carroll 1988 and Kluge 1991
Sister taxa: Boinae, Cadurcoboa, Candoia, Charina, Chilabothrus, Daunophis, Dawsonophis, Erycinae, Hechtophis, Lithophis, Messelophis, Neurodromicus, Palaeopython, Paleryx, Paraplatyspondylia, Plesiotortrix, Python, Rageophis, Rieppelophis, Totlandophis, Tropidophiinae, Tropidophis, Ungaliophiinae
Subtaxa: Eunectes stirtoni
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-piscivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Venezuela (1 collection)
• Miocene of Brazil (1), Colombia (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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