†Rageryx Smith and Scanferla 2021 (snake)
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Full reference: K. T. Smith and A. Scanferla. 2021. A nearly complete skeleton of the oldest definitive erycine boid (Messel, Germany). Memorial Jean-Claude Rage: A life of paleo-herpetologist. Geodivertistas 43(1):1-24
Parent taxon: Booidea according to K. T. Smith and A. Scanferla 2021
Sister taxa: Archaeophidae, Boavus, Boidae, Conantophis, Eoanilius, Eoconstrictor, Hibernophis, Michauxophis, Ungaliophiidae
Subtaxa: Rageryx schmidi
Type: Rageryx schmidi
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at HLMD pit 16b, Messel (Eocene to Eocene of Germany)
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