Corallus priscus
Appearance
Corallus priscus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Boidae |
Genus: | Corallus |
Species: | C. priscus
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Binomial name | |
Corallus priscus Rage 2001[1]
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Corallus priscus is an extinct species of tree boa which lived during the Early Eocene of Brazil, South America. Fossils of the snake were found in the Itaboraí Formation.[2][3]
References
- ^ Rage, Jean-Claude (2001). "Fossil snakes from the Palaeocene of São José de Itaboraí, Brazil, Part II. Boidae". Palaeovertebrata. 30 (3–4): 122–125.
- ^ Corallus priscus at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Albino, Adriana María; Brizuela, Santiago (2014-03-01). "An Overview of the South American Fossil Squamates". The Anatomical Record. 297 (3): 349–368. doi:10.1002/ar.22858. PMID 24482358.