Eunectes stirtoni

Eunectes stirtoni is an extinct species of anaconda that lived during the Middle Miocene (Laventan) in the area of the present-day Tatacoa Desert. Fossils of the species have been found in the Honda Group at La Venta, Colombia. The validity of this species has been called into question.[2]

Eunectes stirtoni
Temporal range: Mid Miocene (Laventan)
~13.8–11.8 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Genus: Eunectes
Species:
E. stirtoni
Binomial name
Eunectes stirtoni
Hoffstetter & Rage 1977[1]

See also

References

  1. Hoffstetter, R.; J. C. Rage (1977). "Le gisement de vertébrés miocènes de La Venta (Colombie) et sa faune de serpents". Annales de Paléontologie (Vertébrés) (in French). 63: 161–190.
  2. Hsiou, Annie S.; Albino, Adriana M. (2009). "Presence of the genus Eunectes (Serpentes, Boidae) in the Neogene of Southwestern Amazonia, Brazil". Journal of Herpetology. 43 (4): 612–619. doi:10.1670/08-295.1.


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