A new dwarf boa (Serpentes, Booidea, 'Tropidophiidae') from the Early Oligocene of Belgium: a case of the isolation of Western European snake faunas

Z. Szyndlar, R. Smith, and J.-C. Rage

2008

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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 152(2):393-406

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Taxa discussed in this work:

• Falseryx neervelpensis
• Messelophis
• Messelophis variatus
• Tropidophiinae

Taxonomy:

• Messelophis variatus belongs to Messelophis - Baszio (2004)
• Tropidophiinae belongs to Tropidophiidae - Szyndlar et al. (2008)
• Falseryx belongs to Tropidophiinae - Szyndlar et al. (2008)
• Falseryx petersbuchi belongs to Falseryx - Szyndlar et al. (2008)
• Falseryx neervelpensis belongs to Falseryx - Szyndlar et al. (2008)
• Rottophis atavus belongs to Rottophis - Szyndlar et al. (2008)
• Rottophis belongs to Tropidophiinae - Szyndlar et al. (2008)
• Dunnophis belongs to Tropidophiidae - Szyndlar et al. (2008)
• Platyspondylia belongs to Tropidophiidae - Szyndlar et al. (2008)