Borealilysia Head 2020 (pipe snake)

Reptilia - Squamata - Aniliidae

Derivation of the name: Boreal (Gr. boreas), meaning north, and Ilysia, a junior synonym of Anilius, meaning Northern Ilysia, referring to the occurrence of an aniliid in North America

Full reference: J. J. Head. 2020. A South American snake lineage from the Eocene Greenhouse of North America and a reappraisal of the fossil record of “anilioid” snakes. Geobios

Parent taxon: Aniliidae according to J. J. Head 2020

Sister taxa: Anilioides, Australophis

Subtaxa: Borealilysia carinata Borealilysia gunnelli Coniophis platycarinatus

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Type: Coniophis carinatus

Ecology: fossorial carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (3: Wyoming collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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