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Messelopython freyi
Taxonomy
Messelopython freyi was named by Zaher and Smith (2020). Its type specimen is SMNK-PAL 461, a partial skeleton (nearly complete skeleton with partial skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grube Messel Pit (Senckenberg SMF collection), which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Messelopython.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2020 | Messelopython freyi Zaher and Smith |
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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.
†Messelopython freyi Zaher and Smith 2020
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||