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Morelia
Taxonomy
Morelia was named by Gray (1842). It is extant.
It was assigned to Boidae by Gray (1842); and to Pythoninae by Smith and Plane (1985), Scanlon (2001).
It was assigned to Boidae by Gray (1842); and to Pythoninae by Smith and Plane (1985), Scanlon (2001).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1842 | Morelia Gray |
| 1985 | Montypythonoides Smith and Plane p. 191 |
| 1985 | Morelia Smith and Plane p. 192 |
| 2001 | Morelia Scanlon p. 6 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Morelia Gray 1842
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†Morelia riversleighensis Smith and Plane 1985
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Invalid names: Morelia antiqua Smith and Plane 1985 [synonym]
Morelia spilota Lacépède 1804 [carpet python]
Invalid names: Montypythonoides Smith and Plane 1985 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. J. Smith and M. Plane 1985 (Montypythonoides) | Maxilla with a prominent bulge on the labial surface about half way along its length; maxillary teeth curved near base, a weakly developed cutting ridge on labial side of tooth, no cutting ridge on lingual side of tooth. | |
| J. D. Scanlon 2001 | (refers to characters diagnostic of Morelia or more inclusive clades of Pythoninae, and which can be evaluated in the material described in this work): two teeth on each ramus of premaxilla; anterior palatine teeth longer (or at least, thicker and more erect) than posterior ones; posterior margin of palatine choanal process deeply concave; anterior margin of premaxilla concave; ventral openings of premaxillary channels posterior to alveoli; lateral bulge present on maxilla. |
Measurements
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| Source: subf = subfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Greene 1997 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Holocene or 27.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chattian | Australia (Queensland) | Montypythonoides riversleighensis (143470) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Australia (Queensland) | Montypythonoides riversleighensis (183096) M. riversleighensis (106497) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (Queensland) | M. riversleighensis (134948) | |
| Burdigalian | Australia (Queensland) | M. riversleighensis (135708) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Australia (Queensland) | Montypythonoides riversleighensis, M. riversleighensis (28420 137790) M. spilota (154250) | |
| Middle Miocene | Australia (Queensland) | M. riversleighensis (151091 154234) M. sp. (154248) | |
| Middle Miocene | Australia (Northern Territory) | M. antiquus, M. riversleighensis (137618) | |
| Zanclean | Australia (Queensland) | M. sp. (182159) | |
| Holocene | Australia (New South Wales) | M. spilota (235090) |