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Eoconstrictor fischeri

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Palaeopython fischeri was named by Schaal (2004). Its type specimen is SMF-ME 929, a set of vertebrae (seven mid-trunk vertebrae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grube Messel Pit (Senckenberg SMF collection), which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Eoconstrictor, Palaeopython.

It was recombined as Eoconstrictor fischeri by Scanferla and Smith (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Palaeopython fischeri Schaal
2020Eoconstrictor fischeri Scanferla and Smith

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

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.

†Eoconstrictor fischeri Schaal 2004
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Scanferla and K. T. Smith 2020Medium-sized boid snakes, over 2 m in total length, differing from all other snakes in having the following combination of derived features: edentulous premaxilla with bifid vomerine processes; maxilla bearing four labial foramina and 15–18 maxillary teeth; palatine with five teeth and a long maxillary process; 11 pterygoid teeth; dentary with 18–19 teeth; sharp sagittal keel along the basioccipital; the vertebral column with up to 369 vertebrae, of which up to 72 are postcloacal vertebrae.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Grouping: solitarysuperf
Environment: terrestrialsuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Created: 2005-09-19 11:48:22
Modified: 2005-09-19 13:48:22
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Greene 1997, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the MP 11 to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 48.60000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Palaeopython fischeri (type locality: 120798)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Switzerland Palaeopython fischeri (195854 195855)