†Eoconstrictor Scanferla and Smith 2020 (snake)
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Full reference: A. Scanferla and K. T. Smith. 2020. Exquisitely Preserved Fossil Snakes of Messel: Insight into the Evolution, Biogeography, Habitat Preferences and Sensory Ecology of Early Boas. Diversity 12(100)
Parent taxon: Booidea according to A. Scanferla and K. T. Smith 2020
Sister taxa: Archaeophidae, Boavus, Boidae, Conantophis, Eoanilius, Hibernophis, Michauxophis, Rageryx, Ungaliophiidae
Subtaxa: Eoconstrictor fischeri
Type: Palaeopython fischeri
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (1 collection), Switzerland (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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