†Bransateryx Hoffstetter and Rage 1972 (sand boa)
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Full reference: R. Hoffstetter and J.-C. Rage. 1972. Les Erycinae fossiles de France (Serpentes, Boidea) compréhension et histoire de la sous-famille. Annales de Paléontologie (Vertébrés) 58(1):81-124
Parent taxon: Erycinae according to J.-C. Rage 1984
See also Carroll 1988, Hoffstetter and Rage 1972 and Szyndlar 1987
Sister taxa: Albaneryx, Cadurceryx, Charina, Eryx, Gaimanophis, Geringophis, Gongylophis, Huberophis, Lichanura, Pterygoboa, Tregophis
Subtaxa: Bransateryx vireti
Ecology: fossorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (1 collection), Germany (1), Ukraine (1)
• Oligocene of France (5), Germany (6)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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