Family Tropidophiidae Cope 1894 (dwarf boa)

Reptilia - Squamata - Tropidophiidae

Parent taxon: Macrostomata according to N. R. Longrich et al. 2012

See also Augé and Rage 2006, Cernansky et al. 2015, Szyndlar et al. 2008, Vianey-Liaud et al. 2014, Vidal and Hedges 2002 and Wilcox et al. 2002

Sister taxa: Amaru, Booidea, Kataria, Loxocemus, Pachyrhachis, Podophis, Xenopeltis

Subtaxa: Dunnophis Platyspondylia Szyndlaria Tropidophiinae

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Turks and Caicos Islands (1 collection)

• Miocene of the Czech Republic (1), Germany (5), Spain (1), Turkey (3)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Turkey (1)

• Oligocene of Belgium (1), France (10), Germany (4)

• Eocene of Egypt (1), France (15), Portugal (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (4: Wyoming)

• Paleocene of Bolivia (1), Morocco (1)

Total: 54 collections including 62 occurrences

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