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Palaeopython

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Palaeopython
Temporal range: Eocene
Palaeopython fischeri
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Palaeopython

Rochebrune, 1880
Species
  • P. cadurcensis
  • P. ceciliensis
  • P. fischeri

Palaeopython is an extinct genus of snake from the Eocene of the Messel shales, Germany. It was a tree-dwelling snake that reached more than 2 meters in length. Like its modern relatives, the boas, it occasionally dwelled on the ground or in the shallow waters close to the bank.[1]

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