LSID: zoobank.org/56B6CEC0-CC70-4880-BBAC-4CE805BCD746
Etymology. From the Greek words (periergos), meaning strange, bizarre, curious, in reference to the strange features observed in the vertebrae of this genus, and in particular the anteroventrally directed haemal keel tubercles on the posterior trunk vertebrae, and (ophis), meaning snake.
Full reference: G. L. Georgalis, A. Villa, M. Ivanov, D. Vasilyan, and M. Delfino. 2019. Fossil amphibians and reptiles from the Neogene locality of Maramena (Greece), the most diverse European herpetofauna at the Miocene/Pliocene transition boundary. Palaeontologia Electronica 22.3.68:1-99
Parent taxon: Colubriformes according to G. Georgalis et al. 2024
See also Georgalis et al. 2019
Sister taxon: Paraxenophis
Subtaxa: Periergophis micros
Type: Periergophis micros
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Greece (2 collections)
• Miocene of Greece (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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