Messelopython
Appearance
Messelopython Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
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
[edit]- ^ 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.