Neurodromicus Cope 1873 (boa)

Reptilia - Squamata - Boidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1873. Synopsis of new Vertebrata from the Tertiary of Colorado obtained during the summer of 1873. Seventh Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories (extract)

Parent taxon: Boidae according to P. E. Vanzolini 1952

See also Cope 1873, Galbreath 1953, Hay 1902 and Hay 1930

Sister taxa: Anilioides, Boinae, Cadurcoboa, Candoia, Chilabothrus, Dawsonophis, Erycinae, Eunectes, Hechtophis, Lithophis, Messelophis, Paraplatyspondylia, Python, Rageophis, Rieppelophis, Totlandophis, Tropidophis, Ungaliophiinae

Subtaxa: Neurodromicus dorsalis

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Type: Neurodromicus dorsalis

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cedar Creek (Oligocene of Colorado)

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