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Messelopython

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Messelopython
Temporal range: Lutetian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Pythonidae
Genus: Messelopython
Zaher and Smith, 2020

Messelopython is an extinct genus of pythonoid that lived in Germany during the Lutetian.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Zaher, Hussam; Smith, Krister T. (December 2020). "Pythons in the Eocene of Europe reveal a much older divergence of the group in sympatry with boas". Biology Letters. 16 (12): 20200735. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2020.0735. ISSN 1744-9561. PMC 7775975. PMID 33321065. Retrieved 3 October 2024.