Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae
Full reference: F. Bachmayer and Z. Szyndlar. 1985. Ophidians (Reptilia: Serpentes) from the Kohfidisch fissures of Burgenland, Austria. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A: Mineralogie und Petrographie, Geologie und Palaeontologie, Anthropologie Praehistorie 87:79-100
Belongs to Elaphe according to F Bachmayer and Z Szyndlar 1987
See also Bachmayer and Szyndlar 1985
Sister taxa: Elaphe algorensis, Elaphe guttata, Elaphe kansensis, Elaphe kormosi, Elaphe longissima, Elaphe nebraskensis, Elaphe obsoleta, Elaphe paralongissima, Elaphe praelongissima, Elaphe quatuorlineata, Elaphe szyndlari, Elaphe vulpina, Elaphis boulei
Type specimen: NMW 1984/96 (a single mid-trunk vertebra). Its type locality is Kohfidisch, which is in a MN 11 terrestrial horizon in Austria.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Austria (2 collections), Ukraine (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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