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Palaeopython filholi

Reptilia - Boidae

Taxonomy

Palaeopython filholi was named by de Rochebrune (1880). Its type specimen is MNHN QU 322 (vertebra) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Phosphorites du Quercy (for taxa with non-specific locality data), which is in an Eocene/Miocene terrestrial phosphorite in the Quercy Phosphorites Formation of France.

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1880	Palaeopython filholi de Rochebrune
1984	Palaeopython filholi Rage p. 19

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
—	Squamata	()
suborder	Ophidia	(Latreille 1804)
—	Serpentes	(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorder	Alethinophidia
—	Macrostomata
superfamily	Booidea	Gray 1825
family	Boidae	Gray 1825
subfamily	Boinae	Gray 1825
genus	Palaeopython	Rochebrune 1880
species	filholi	de Rochebrune 1880

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.

†Palaeopython filholi de Rochebrune 1880

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Grouping:

solitarysuperf

Environment:

freshwater, terrestrialsubf

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

scansorialsubf

Diet:

carnivoresubf

Created:

2005-09-23 12:54:43

Modified:

2005-09-23 14:54:43

Source: subf = subfamily, superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Behler and King 1979, Head 2005, Greene 1997

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the MP 19 or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
MP 19	37.71 - 33.9	France	Palaeopython filholi (84657)
MP 19	37.71 - 33.9	France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region)	Palaeopython filholi (12846)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene	37.71 - 15.98	France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées)	Palaeopython filholi (type locality: 179194)