Eunectes stirtoni
| Eunectes stirtoni Temporal range: Middle Miocene | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Boidae |
| Subfamily: | Boinae |
| Genus: | Eunectes |
| Species: | †E. stirtoni |
| Binomial name | |
| †Eunectes stirtoni Hoffstetter and Rage, 1977[1] | |
Eunectes stirtoni is an extinct species of anaconda that lived in La Venta, Colombia, during the Miocene. The validity of this species has been called into question.[2]
References
- ↑ Hoffstetter, R.; J. C. Rage (1977). "Le gisement de vertébrés miocènes de La Venta (Colombie) et sa faune de serpents". Annales de Paléontologie (Vertébrés). 63: 161–190.
- ↑ 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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