Eryx linxiaensis
Appearance
Eryx linxiaensis Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Boidae |
Genus: | Eryx |
Species: | †E. linxiaensis
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Binomial name | |
†Eryx linxiaensis Shi et. al., 2023
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Eryx linxiaensis is an extinct species of sand boa in the genus Eryx that lived during the Tortonian stage of the Miocene epoch.
Distribution
[edit]Eryx linxiaensis is known from the Liushu Formation of the Linxia Basin in Gansu, China.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Shi, Jingsong; Li, Qiang; Stidham, Thomas A.; Zhang, Chi; Jiangzuo, Qigao; Chen, Mo; Ni, Xijun (1 May 2023). "Evolutionary and biogeographic implications of an Erycine snake (Serpentes, Erycidae, Eryx) from the Upper Miocene of the Linxia Basin, Gansu Province, China". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 617: 111491. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111491. Retrieved 31 May 2025 – via Elsevier Science Direct.