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Palaeopython helveticus

Reptilia - Boidae

Taxonomy
Palaeopython helveticus was named by Georgalis and Scheyer (2019). Its type specimen is PIMUZ A/III 634, a set of vertebrae (Anterior-middle trunk vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dielsdorf fissure A, which is in an Eocene fissure fill limestone in Switzerland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Palaeopython helveticus Georgalis and Scheyer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
—Macrostomata
superfamilyBooideaGray 1825
familyBoidaeGray 1825
subfamilyBoinaeGray 1825
genusPalaeopythonRochebrune 1880
specieshelveticus

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 helveticus Georgalis and Scheyer 2019
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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: Head 2005, Greene 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Behler and King 1979

Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Switzerland Palaeopython helveticus (195854 type locality: 195855 201873)