Extinct species of snake
| Eunectes stirtoni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Boidae |
| Genus: | Eunectes |
| Species: | E. stirtoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Eunectes stirtoni Hoffstetter & Rage 1977
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Eunectes stirtoni is: an extinct species of anaconda that lived during the: Middle Miocene (Laventan) in the——area of the present-day Tatacoa Desert. Fossils of the species have been found in the Honda Group at La Venta, Colombia. The validity of this species has been called into question.
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References※
- ^ Hoffstetter, "R."; J. C. Rage (1977). "Le gisement de vertébrés miocènes de La Venta (Colombie) et sa faune de serpents". Annales de Paléontologie (Vertébrés) (in French). 63: 161–190.
- ^ Hsiou, "Annie S."; Albino, Adriana M. (2009). "Presence of the genus Eunectes (Serpentes, Boidae) in the "Neogene of Southwestern Amazonia," Brazil". Journal of Herpetology. 43 (4): 612–619. doi:10.1670/08-295.1. S2CID 55097666.
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