Bavarioboa
Appearance
Bavarioboa Temporal range: Oligocene-Miocene
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Boidae |
Genus: | †Bavarioboa Szyndlar and Schleich, 1993 |
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Bavarioboa is an extinct genus of boid that lived in Europe during the Oligocene and Miocene epochs.
Distribution
[edit]Bavarioboa ultima is known from Early Miocene deposits in Germany.[1] B. hermi has been found in Miocene deposits from both Germany and Czechia.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Szyndlar, Zbigniew (3 February 2009). "Snake fauna (Reptilia: Serpentes) from the Early/Middle Miocene of Sandelzhausen and Rothenstein 13 (Germany)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 83 (1): 55–66. doi:10.1007/s12542-009-0009-5. ISSN 0031-0220. Retrieved 3 October 2024 – via Springer Link.
- ^ Rage, Jean-Claude; Szyndlar, Zbigniew (August 2005). "Latest Oligocene–Early Miocene in Europe: Dark Period for booid snakes". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 4 (5): 428–435. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2005.04.001. Retrieved 3 October 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.