Rukwanyoka
| Rukwanyoka Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Boidae |
| Genus: | † McCartney et al., 2014 |
| Species: | †R. holmani |
| Binomial name | |
| †Rukwanyoka holmani McCartney et al., 2014 | |
Rukwanyoka is an extinct genus of boine that inhabited Africa during the Oligocene epoch.
Taxonomy
Rukwanyoka is known from a single species, Rukwanyoka holmani, whose vertebral morphology indicates it was a member of the subfamily Boinae.[1]
References
- ^ McCartney, Jacob A.; Stevens, Nancy J.; O’Connor, Patrick M. (19 March 2014). Butler, Richard J. (ed.). "The Earliest Colubroid-Dominated Snake Fauna from Africa: Perspectives from the Late Oligocene Nsungwe Formation of Southwestern Tanzania". PLoS ONE. 9 (3): e90415. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...990415M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090415. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3960104. PMID 24646522.