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Bavarioboa hermi

Reptilia - Boidae

Taxonomy
Bavarioboa hermi was named by Szyndlar and Schleich (1993). Its type specimen is BSP 1976 XXII 5859, a set of vertebrae (a single trunk vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Petersbuch 2, which is in a MN 4 fissure fill claystone in Germany. It is the type species of Bavarioboa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Bavarioboa hermi Szyndlar and Schleich p. 7 fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
—Macrostomata
superfamilyBooideaGray 1825
familyBoidaeGray 1825
subfamilyBoinaeGray 1825
genusBavarioboa
specieshermi

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.

†Bavarioboa hermi Szyndlar and Schleich 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Grouping: solitarysuperf
Environment: freshwater, terrestrialsubf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubf
Diet: carnivoresubf
Created: 2005-09-23 12:54:43
Modified: 2005-09-23 14:54:43
Source: subf = subfamily, superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Greene 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Head 2005, Behler and King 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the MN 4 to the top of the Langhian or 16.90000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Orleanian20.0 - 15.98Czechia (Moravia) Bavarioboa hermi (190142)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.98Germany (Hesse) Bavarioboa hermi (228327)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Czechia (Karlovy Vary) Gongylophis sp. (138666)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Germany (Bavaria) Bavarioboa hermi (type locality: 28629)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Bavarioboa hermi (134954)