ammonites
Hechtophis austrinus Rage 2001 (boa)

Reptilia - Ophidia - Boidae

Full reference: J.-C. Rage. 2001. Fossil snakes from the Palaeocene of São José de Itaboraí, Brazil. Part II. Boidae. Palaeovertebrata 30(3-4):111-150

Belongs to Hechtophis according to J.-C. Rage 2001

Sister taxon: Hectophis austrinus

Type specimen: DGM 1326-R, a set of vertebrae (Mid-trunk vertebra). Its type locality is Itaboraí snake collections, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial carbonate in Brazil.

Ecology: fossorial carnivore