Eoconstrictor
Eoconstrictor Temporal range: Eocene,
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Fossil of E. fisheri | |
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Fossil of E. cf. fischeri | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Boidae |
Genus: | †Eoconstrictor Scanferla & Smith, 2020 |
Species: | †E. fischeri
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Binomial name | |
†Eoconstrictor fischeri (Schaal, 2004)
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Eoconstrictor is an extinct genus of boid snake, which supposedly had infrared vision, from the Eocene of Germany (Messel Pit). The type species, E. fischeri is known from multiple well-preserved specimens found in the Messel Pit of Germany. It was originally named as Palaeopython fischeri by Stephan Schaal in 2004,[1] but examination of the genus showed that it represented a distinct lineage; it was renamed as the new genus Eoconstrictor in 2020.[2]
References[]
- ^ S. Schaal. 2004. Palaeopython fischeri n. sp. (Serpentes: Boidae), eine Riesenschlange aus dem Eozän (MP 11) von Messel. CFS Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 252:35-45
- ^ Scanferla, A.; Smith, K.T. (2020). "Exquisitely Preserved Fossil Snakes of Messel: Insight into the Evolution, Biogeography, Habitat Preferences and Sensory Ecology of Early Boas". Diversity. 12 (3): 100. doi:10.3390/d12030100.
Categories:
- Boidae
- Eocene snakes
- Fossils of Germany
- Fossil taxa described in 2020
- Prehistoric reptile genera
- Prehistoric reptile stubs