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Bavarioboa
Temporal range: Oligocene-Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Genus: †Bavarioboa
Szyndlar and Schleich, 1993
Species
  • Bavarioboa bachensis
  • Bavarioboa crocheti
  • Bavarioboa hermi
  • Bavarioboa herrlingensis
  • Bavarioboa minuta
  • Bavarioboa ultima
  • Bavarioboa vaylatsae

Bavarioboa is an extinct genus of boid that lived in Europe during the Oligocene and Miocene epochs.

Distribution

Bavarioboa ultima is known from Early Miocene deposits in Germany. B. hermi has been found in Miocene deposits from both Germany and Czechia.

References

  1. Szyndlar, Zbigniew (3 February 2009). "Snake fauna (Reptilia: Serpentes) from the Early/Middle Miocene of Sandelzhausen and Rothenstein 13 (Germany)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 83 (1): 55–66. doi:10.1007/s12542-009-0009-5. ISSN 0031-0220. Retrieved 3 October 2024 – via Springer Link.
  2. Rage, Jean-Claude; Szyndlar, Zbigniew (August 2005). "Latest Oligocene–Early Miocene in Europe: Dark Period for booid snakes". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 4 (5): 428–435. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2005.04.001. Retrieved 3 October 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
Taxon identifiers
Bavarioboa


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