Messelopython

Messelopython; Temporal range: Lutetian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Pythonidae
Genus:	† Messelopython ; Zaher and Smith, 2020

Last updated October 02, 2025

Messelopython is an extinct genus of pythonoid that lived in Germany during the Lutetian.^[1]

References

↑ Zaher, Hussam; Smith, Krister T. (December 2020). "Pythons in the Eocene of Europe reveal a much older divergence of the group in sympatry with boas". Biology Letters . 16 (12) 20200735. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2020.0735. ISSN 1744-9561. PMC 7775975 . PMID 33321065.

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[1] Zaher, Hussam; Smith, Krister T. (December 2020). "Pythons in the Eocene of Europe reveal a much older divergence of the group in sympatry with boas". Biology Letters . 16 (12) 20200735. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2020.0735. ISSN 1744-9561. PMC 7775975 . PMID 33321065.

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