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Messelopython
Taxonomy
Messelopython was named by Zaher and Smith (2020). Its type is Messelopython freyi.
It was assigned to Pythonoidea by Zaher and Smith (2020).
It was assigned to Pythonoidea by Zaher and Smith (2020).
Species
M. freyi (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2020 | Messelopython Zaher and Smith |
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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.
G. †Messelopython Zaher and Smith 2020
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†Messelopython freyi Zaher and Smith 2020
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| H. Zaher and K. T. Smith 2020 | Medium-sized pythonoid (electronic supple- mentary material, S6) sharing with Pythonidae the following synapomorphies: a toothed premaxilla with no midline diastema; palatine foramen present in palatine; and mid-sagit- tal crests on parietal and basisphenoid. Autapomorphies: 6 premaxillary teeth; sigmoid lateral margin of maxilla; large, crescentic supraorbital bone nearly equal in length to the frontal; ectopterygoid overlap of pterygoid reduced. |
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||