Corallus priscus

Corallus priscus
Temporal range: Late Paleocene-Early Eocene (Itaboraian-Casamayoran)
~58.7–48.6 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Boidae
Genus:Corallus
Species: C. priscus
Binomial name
Corallus priscus
Rage, 2001[1]

Corallus priscus is an extinct species of tree boa which lived during the Late Paleocene to Early Eocene of Brazil, South America.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Rage, Jean-Claude (2001). "Fossil snakes from the Palaeocene of São José de Itaboraí, Brazil, Part II. Boidae". Palaeovertebrata. 30 (3–4): 122–125.
  2. ↑ Corallus priscus at Fossilworks.org
  3. ↑ 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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.