†Messelophis variatus Baszio 2004 (boa)
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Belongs to Messelophis according to Baszio 2004
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SMF ME 1828a, 1828b, articulated nearly complete skeleton and ME 1828c (holotype of three parts), a set of vertebrae (four isolated vertebrae). Its type locality is Grube Messel Pit (Senckenberg SMF collection), which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at Grube Messel Pit (Senckenberg SMF collection)
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