Rageryx

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Rageryx
Temporal range: Lutetian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Genus:† Rageryx
Species:
†R. schmidi
Binomial name
†Rageryx schmidi
Smith & Scanferla, 2021

Rageryx is an extinct genus of erycine boid that lived during the Eocene epoch.

Distribution

Rageryx schmidi is known from the Messel Formation of Germany. [1]

References

  1. ↑ Smith, Krister T.; Scanferla, Agustín (14 January 2021). "A nearly complete skeleton of the oldest definitive erycine boid (Messel, Germany)". Geodiversitas . 43 (1). doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a1. ISSN   1280-9659 . Retrieved 21 February 2025– via BioOne Digital Library.