Paleryx depressus Owen 1849 (boa)

Reptilia - Squamata - Boidae

Full reference: R. Owen. 1849. A History of British Fossil Reptiles, Part I. 1-328

Belongs to Paleryx according to R. Owen 1849

See also Rage 1984

Sister taxa: Paleryx cayluxi, Paleryx rhombifer, Paleryx spinifer

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hordle Cliff (generic, non-specific locality), which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Headon Beds Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution: found only at Hordle Cliff (generic, non-specific locality)

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