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<taxonomicName id="D180D870954E5EE96AE35EFF2274374C" ID-CoL="343N" ID-ENA="51882" authority="Peters, 1877" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1877" family="Pythonidae" genus="Aspidites" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aspidites" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="genus">Aspidites Peters, 1877</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="58DD8A6D2C36FB2C7FAD1D1FB90C4564" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="BE54E7D7397F6E32899913F873C287CF" authorityName="Krefft" authorityYear="1864" baseAuthorityName="Krefft" baseAuthorityYear="1864" family="Pythonidae" genus="Aspidites" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aspidites melanocephalus" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" rank="species" species="melanocephalus">
<emphasis id="8879DD33B9C81EE45800CEDD613AF884" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Aspidites melanocephalus</emphasis>
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(Krefft, 1864)
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<paragraph id="3A6585593A6FC64BABB7184DF132626D" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Description (Figs 152-157).</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="FFAFB107AF45FB6BAE0B2A8F7D77FE1F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">
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Centrum much shorter than wide; cotyle and condyle orbicular; neural arch vaulted; posterior median notch of the neural arch deep; neural spine higher than long in most trunk vertebrae; prezygapophyseal accessory processes vestigial; hypapophyses restricted to about the first 70 vertebrae; haemal keel moderately developed, ridge-like (more anterior vertebrae) to flattened (more posterior vertebrae); paracotylar foramina absent.
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<emphasis id="44434EFFFF14AC46F57D710B13A8CCDC" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Figure 152.</emphasis>
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(QM J30786), anterior trunk vertebrae.
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<emphasis id="508B328926A577ED7AF492B1BAFBC5B4" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Figure 153.</emphasis>
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:
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(QM J30786), trunk vertebrae.
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<emphasis id="D93D5AB672E9CCC769DD5EB430950F5E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Figure 154.</emphasis>
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(QM J30786), posteriormost trunk and cloacal vertebrae.
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<emphasis id="74434D12AA3ED7C1B047E79DD6B2C919" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Figure 155.</emphasis>
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:
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(QM J30786), cloacal and caudal vertebrae.
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<emphasis id="85F358BB66C7D54D5234C75C6DFB0FBB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Figure 156.</emphasis>
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:
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<emphasis id="65189D83684CEAC99C554555EDFAE005" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Figure 157.</emphasis>
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:
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(UMMZ 190743), anterior trunk vertebrae.
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<emphasis id="5D6F18E1AC9EBA0931150CE84147B55B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">
<emphasis id="F611207A0046B498CE1E0B034C274188" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Trunk</emphasis>
/
<emphasis id="0EAF69B5B0A1775BCBFDAB4D04E2F040" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">caudal transition</emphasis>
</emphasis>
. The last trunk and cloacal vertebrae provided with a bulb-like haemal keel, disappearing in the anteriormost caudal vertebrae. Paired haemapophyses appear on the third caudal vertebra. Shape and length of haemapophyses in lateral view vary across the succeeding vertebrae: they are smaller in their first appearance, they get larger in C 6, possessing also a distinct anteroventral projection, and they get longer towards V 20. Posteriormost caudal vertebrae are fused.
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<emphasis id="4A820A3AA5E8FA90AB6F0C31DCA41E63" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Number of vertebrae</emphasis>
.
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(QM J30786): 363 (307+5+51).
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Data from literature (all for
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<emphasis id="13392D44FC944A8CE44A9459984F762F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="717">Aspidites melanocephalus</emphasis>
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): 337 trunk vertebrae plus 5 cloacal vertebrae plus 52 caudal vertebrae (
<bibRefCitation id="19C13B312A9B7219F12E1E91BEF9E5FB" author="Scanlon, JD" journalOrPublisher="Kaupia" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" pagination="3 - 8" refId="B534" refString="Scanlon, JD, 1993. Madtsoiid Snakes from the Eocene Tingamarra Fauna of Eastern Queensland. Kaupia 3: 3 - 8" title="Madtsoiid Snakes from the Eocene Tingamarra Fauna of Eastern Queensland." volume="3" year="1993">Scanlon 1993</bibRefCitation>
); 385 vertebrae in total (
<bibRefCitation id="D9D1AD8E32AEAFA1A41CD44BFDD85311" author="Parmley, D" journalOrPublisher="Georgia Journal of Science" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" pagination="220 - 232" refId="B433" refString="Parmley, D, Reed, HW, 2003. Size and age class estimates of North American Eocene palaeopheid snakes. Georgia Journal of Science 61: 220 - 232" title="Size and age class estimates of North American Eocene palaeopheid snakes." volume="61" year="2003">Parmley and Reed 2003</bibRefCitation>
); 293 trunk and cloacal vertebrae plus 48+ caudal vertebrae (
<bibRefCitation id="92F80BCE4C15313FE4B518540E9AD7A6" author="Alexander, AA" journalOrPublisher="Zoologische Mededelingen" pageId="0" pageNumber="717" pagination="171 - 190" refId="B10" refString="Alexander, AA, Gans, C, 1966. The pattern of dermal-vertebral correlation in snakes and amphisbaenians. Zoologische Mededelingen 31: 171 - 190" title="The pattern of dermal-vertebral correlation in snakes and amphisbaenians." volume="31" year="1966">Alexander and Gans 1966</bibRefCitation>
).
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