Boidae, Gray, 1825

Rage, Jean-Claude, Folie, Annelise, Rana, Rajendra S., Singh, Hukam, Rose, Kenneth D. & Smith, Thierry, 2008, A diverse snake fauna from the early Eocene of Vastan Lignite Mine, Gujarat, India, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53 (3), pp. 391-403 : 394

Boidae indet.

Fig. 2D .

Material.—Three trunk vertebrae (VAS 1010, 1038, 1052) from the continental beds of the early Eocene Cambay Formation, Vastan Lignite Mine, Gujarat, India.

Remarks.—These vertebrae do not show any character that would differentiate them from the standard boid morphology. The marked variation of the size of the specimens suggests that more than one taxon is present. VAS 1052 is indeed distinctively smaller than the two other vertebrae and it does not show juvenile features.

Figures

Fig. 2. Snakes from the early Eocene of Vastan (Cambay Formation, Gujarat, western India). A.?Madtsoiidae indet., VAS 1049, trunk vertebra, anterior (A1) and right lateral (A2) views. B. Palaeophiidae, Palaeophis sp., VAS 1037, trunk vertebra, anterior (B1) and left lateral (B2) views. C. Palaeophiidae, Pterosphenus sp., VAS 1009, trunk vertebra, posterior (C1) and left lateral (C2) views. D. Boidae indet., VAS 1010, trunk vertebra, anterior (D1) and right lateral (D2) views. E.?Russellophiidae indet., VAS 1050, trunk vertebra, anterior (E1) and right lateral (E2) views. F. Caenophidian snake, gen. et sp. indet. A, VAS 1021, trunk vertebra, anterior (F1) and ventral (F2) views. G. Caenophidian snake, gen. et sp. indet. B, VAS 1051, trunk vertebra, anterior (G1) and ventral (G2) views.