Eryx linxiaensis
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Extinct species of snake
| Eryx linxiaensis | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| 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.