Rieppelophis, Scanferla & Smith & Schaal, 2016

Scanferla, Agustín, Smith, Krister T. & Schaal, Stephan F. K., 2016, Revision of the cranial anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of the Eocene minute boas Messelophis variatus and Messelophis ermannorum (Serpentes, Booidea), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 176 (1), pp. 182-206 : 203

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1111/zoj.12300
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5450923
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B8878E-FFCD-FFFF-903C-22ECFF3B4A3E
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Rieppelophis
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

GENUS RIEPPELOPHIS GEN. NOV.

Etymology

In honour of Olivier Rieppel, who contributed extensively to our understanding of the evolution of snakes.

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No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.

Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia
Order	Squamata
Family	Boidae

Specimens

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