Alternative combinations: Coluber atavus, Elaphis atavus, Tropidonotus atavus
Synonyms: Coluber papyraceus Fischer 1857 [objective synonym], Morelia papyracea Troschel 1858
Full reference: H. von Meyer. 1855. Ausführliche Beschreibung von Archegosaurus der Kohlen-Formation und Pterodactylus (Ramphorhynchus) Gemmingi; Pt. longirostris; Pt. secundarius; Homoeosaurus breviceps; der lithographischen Schiefer; Tropidonotus atavus in Rheinischer Braunkohle; Palaeoniscus Brongniarti und Smerdis zu Sieblos an der Rhön. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde 1855:326-337
Belongs to Rottophis according to Z. Szyndlar et al. 2008
See also Lydekker 1888, Meyer 1860, Rage 1988, Szyndlar 1994, Szyndlar 1997, Szyndlar and Böhme 1996 and Troschel 1858
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Rottophis atavus: GPIBO Ro 4023, a skeleton (without tail). Its type locality is Rott, which is in a MP 30 lacustrine - small shale in Germany.
- Coluber papyraceus: GPIBO Ro 4023, a skeleton (without tail).
- Morelia papyracea: a specimen in the geological and paleontological collections of the University Bonn, presumably GPIBO Ro 4024, a skeleton (almost complete). Its type locality is Rott, which is in a MP 30 lacustrine - small shale in Germany.
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 4 occurrences
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