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Python cadurcensis

Reptilia - Boidae

Taxonomy
Python cadurcensis was named by Filhol (1877). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Phosphorites du Quercy (for taxa with non-specific locality data), which is in an Eocene/Miocene terrestrial phosphorite in the Quercy Phosphorites Formation of France.

It was recombined as Palaeopython cadurcensis by Rage (1984) and Georgalis and Scheyer (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Python cadurcensis Filhol
1984Palaeopython cadurcensis Rage p. 19
2019Palaeopython cadurcensis Georgalis and Scheyer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
Macrostomata
superfamilyBooideaGray 1825
familyBoidaeGray 1825
genusPython
speciescadurcensisFilhol 1877

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Python cadurcensis Filhol 1877
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Grouping: solitarysuperf
Environment: freshwater, terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2005-09-05 19:47:29
Modified: 2005-09-23 14:53:48
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Greene 1997, Behler and King 1979
Collections
No collection or age range data are available