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Python maurus

Reptilia - Boidae

Taxonomy
Python maurus was named by Rage (1976). Its type locality is Bèni Mellal, which is in an Astaracian terrestrial horizon in Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Python maurus Rage p. 59 fig. 3
1984Python maurus Rage p. 21

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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
familyBoidaeGray 1825
genusPython
speciesmaurus

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.

†Python maurus Rage 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Grouping: solitarysuperf
Environment: freshwater, terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2005-09-05 19:47:29
Modified: 2005-09-23 14:53:48
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Behler and King 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Greene 1997

Age range: Astaracian or 15.97000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Astaracian15.97 - 11.608Morocco (Tadla-Azilal) Python maurus (type locality: 48630)