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Pythonine snakes (Boidae) from the Miocene of Australia

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 16/10/2025

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Two new species of pythonine snake (Boidae) are described from middle to late Miocene local faunas at Riversleigh (Queensland) and Bullock Creek (Northern Territory). To date, they are the oldest records of snakes in Australia, and their age implies that snakes entered Australia in the late Cretaceous or early Tertiary, before the break up of Gondwanaland.

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Title Pythonine snakes (Boidae) from the Miocene of Australia
Language eng
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Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/5fc7aafd-01c6-48d4-87ba-1690f62efd53
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Pythonine snakes (Boidae) from the Miocene of Australia". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/pythonine-snakes-boidae-from-the-miocene-of-australia