Python sardus (Portis, 1901)

Schleip, Wulf D. & O'Shea, Mark, 2010, Annotated checklist of the recent and extinct pythons (Serpentes, Pythonidae), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy, and distribution, ZooKeys 66, pp. 29-80 : 52

Python sardus (Portis, 1901) [extinct species, nomen dubium]

Synonyms:

Paleopython sardus - Portis 1901

Paleryx sardus (Portis) - Kuhl 1963

? Python sardus (Portis) - Rage 1984

Holotype:

Articulated palatine and anterior pterygoid fragment (not traced).

Type locality:

Monte Albu (=Alba?)(Sardinia) Italy, middle Miocene (MN 6 or 7+8).

Remarks:

Szyndlar and Rage (2003: 72-73) considered this name a nomen dubium as it is indistinguishable from other (extinct) Python .