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Taxonomy
Eunectes stirtoni was named by Hoffstetter and Rage (1977). Its type specimen is A prootic right (MNHN, VIV 7), a set of vertebrae, and it is a 3D body fossil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1977 | Eunectes stirtoni Hoffstetter and Rage p. 180 figs. 5-6 |
| 1984 | Eunectes stirtoni Rage p. 18 |
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†Eunectes stirtoni Hoffstetter and Rage 1977
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| R. Hoffstetter and J.-C. Rage 1977 | Eunectes dont le prootique, assez comparable à celui d'E. murinus, s'en distingue notamment par la plus grande brièveté et la morphologie du processus qui recouvre partiellement le < (1) Le foramen trigemini forme une ouverture simple sur la face interne du crâne, mats sur la face externe il se dédouble en deux ouvertures, l'une anterieure, l'autre postérieure. Afin de simplifier Ia description, nous désignerons ces deux ouvertures externes sous les noms de « foramen trigemini antérieur» et «foramen trigemini postérieur ». |