Eoconstrictor

Eoconstrictor is an extinct genus of boid snake, which supposedly had infrared vision, from the Eocene of Germany (Messel Pit). The type species, E. fisheri is known from multiple well-preserved specimens found in the Messel Pit of Germany. It was originally named as Palaeopython fischeri, was named by Stephan Schaal in 2004,[1] but examination of the genus showed that it represented a distinct lineage; it was renamed as the new genus Eoconstrictor in 2020.[2]

Eoconstrictor
Temporal range: Eocene, 48–33.9 Ma
Fossil of E. fisheri
Fossil of E. cf. fisheri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Genus: †Eoconstrictor
Scanferla & Smith, 2020
Species:
†E. fisheri
Binomial name
†Eoconstrictor fisheri
(Schaal, 2004)
Synonyms

References
  1. S. Schaal. 2004. Palaeopython fischeri n. sp. (Serpentes: Boidae), eine Riesenschlange aus dem Eozän (MP 11) von Messel. CFS Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 252:35-45
  2. Scanferla, A.; Smith, K.T. (2020). "Exquisitely Preserved Fossil Snakes of Messel: Insight into the Evolution, Biogeography, Habitat Preferences and Sensory Ecology of Early Boas". Diversity. 12: 100. doi:10.3390/d12030100.


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