Biology:Corallus priscus
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Short description: Extinct species of snake
| Corallus priscus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Boidae |
| Genus: | Corallus |
| Species: | C. priscus
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| Binomial name | |
| Corallus priscus Rage 2001[1]
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Corallus priscus is an extinct species of tree boa which lived during the Early Eocene of Brazil , South America. Fossils of the snake were found in the Itaboraí Formation.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Rage, Jean-Claude (2001). "Fossil snakes from the Palaeocene of São José de Itaboraí, Brazil, Part II. Boidae". Palaeovertebrata 30 (3–4): 122–125. http://palaeovertebrata.com/Articles/view/147.
- ↑ Corallus priscus at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Albino, Adriana María; Brizuela, Santiago (2014-03-01). "An Overview of the South American Fossil Squamates". The Anatomical Record 297 (3): 349–368. doi:10.1002/ar.22858. PMID 24482358.
Wikidata ☰ Q30592527 entry
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