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Bavarioboa bachensis

Osteichthyes - Boidae

Taxonomy
Bavarioboa bachensis was named by Szyndlar and Rage (2003). Its type specimen is USTL, ESP 601 (one trunk vertebra) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Espeyrasse (MP 26), which is in a Chattian terrestrial horizon in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Bavarioboa bachensis Szyndlar and Rage pp. 24-25 fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
genusBavarioboa
speciesbachensis

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.

Bavarioboa bachensis Szyndlar and Rage 2003
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Z. Szyndlar and J.-C. Rage 2003"Differs from all other species of Bavarioboa by having posterodorsal borders of neural arch straight in posterior veiw; prezygapophyses distinctly broadened anteroposteriorly below their articular facets; by having wider and strongly flattened haemal keel; by having stronger subcentral ridges (pg. 24)."
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 19:54:43
Source: subf = subfamily, superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Greene 1997, Behler and King 1979, Head 2005, Carroll 1988

Age range: Chattian or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France Bavarioboa bachensis (type locality: 60215)