†Falseryx petersbuchi Szyndlar and Rage 2003 (boa)

Reptilia - Squamata - Boidae

Synonym: Bransateryx septentrionalis Szyndlar 1987 [replaced name]

Full reference: Z. Szyndlar and J.-C. Rage. 2003. Non-erycine Booidea from the Oligocene and Miocene of Europe. 1-109

Belongs to Falseryx according to Z. Szyndlar et al. 2008

See also Szyndlar 1987 and Szyndlar and Rage 2003

Sister taxon: Falseryx neervelpensis

Type specimens:

  • Falseryx petersbuchi: Its type locality is Petersbuch 2, which is in a MN 4 fissure fill claystone in Germany
  • Bransateryx septentrionalis: DP-FNSP 4555, a set of vertebrae (a single posterior caudal vertebra). Its type locality is Dolnice, which is in a MN 4 fluvial-lacustrine siltstone/marl in the Czech Republic.

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of the Czech Republic (1 collection), Germany (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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