Rageryx Smith and Scanferla 2021 (snake)

Reptilia - Squamata

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

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Type: Rageryx schmidi

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at HLMD pit 16b, Messel (Eocene to Eocene of Germany)

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