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Taxonomy
Titanoboa cerrejonensis was named by Head et al. (2009). Its type specimen is UF/IGM 1, a set of vertebrae, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Puente Pit, which is in a Paleocene/Paleocene delta plain claystone/sandstone in the Cerrejón Formation of Colombia. It is the type species of Titanoboa.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2009 | Titanoboa cerrejonensis Head et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Titanoboa cerrejonensis Head et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. J. Head et al. 2009 | "Extremely large-bodied boine snake with robust precloa- cal vertebrae possessing a uniquely T-shaped neural spine composed of a transversely expanded posterior margin and distinctly narrow, blade-like anterior process (Fig. 1a–d, i, j). Subcentral and lateral foramina are extremely reduced." Head et al. (2009): 716. |
Measurements
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| Source: subf = subfamily, superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Behler and King 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Greene 1997, Head 2005 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Paleocene to the top of the Late/Upper Paleocene or 61.70000 to 55.80000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene | Colombia (Guajira) | Titanoboa cerrejonensis (type locality: 106271) |