Eoconstrictor

E-o-con-strik-tor.

By Benjamin Gutierrez

Published on April 2, 2012

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Name

Eoconstrictor ‭(‬Dawn constrictor‭).

Phonetic

E-o-con-strik-tor.

Named By

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Serpentes,‭ ‬Boidae.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

E.‭ ‬fischeri‭

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

Germany,‭ ‬Messel Pit.

Time Period

Eocene.

Fossil representation

Almost complete individuals.

In Depth

Eoconstrictor is a genus of snake that lived in Europe during the Eocene.‭ ‬As a constrictor,‭ ‬Eoconstrictor would have squeezed its prey to death before swallowing them whole.

Further reading

-‭ ‬Exquisitely Preserved Fossil Snakes of Messel:‭ ‬Insight into the Evolution,‭ ‬Biogeography,‭ ‬Habitat Preferences and Sensory Ecology of Early Boas.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Diversity.‭ ‬12‭ (‬3‭)‬:‭ ‬100.‭ ‬-‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Scanferla‭ & ‬K.‭ ‬T.‭ ‬Smith‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.