Bavarioboa hermi Szyndlar and Schleich 1993 (boa)

Reptilia - Squamata - Boidae

Full reference: Z. Szyndlar and H. H. Schleich. 1993. Description of Miocene snake from Petersbuch 2 with comments on the lower and middle Miocene ophidian faunas of southern Germany. Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, Series B. Geologie und Palaontologie (192)1-47

Belongs to Bavarioboa according to Z. Szyndlar and H. H. Schleich 1993

Sister taxa: Bavarioboa bachensis, Bavarioboa crocheti, Bavarioboa herrlingensis, Bavarioboa minuta, Bavarioboa ultima, Bavarioboa vaylatsae

Type specimen: BSP 1976 XXII 5859, a set of vertebrae (a single trunk vertebra). Its type locality is Petersbuch 2, which is in a MN 4 fissure fill claystone in Germany.

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of the Czech Republic (2 collections), Germany (3)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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