Where: Chubut, Argentina (45.5° S, 68.8° W: paleocoordinates 48.0° S, 59.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Sarmiento Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the AMNH
• Found during the Scarritt Patagonian Expedition.
Primary reference: G. G. Simpson. 1933. A new fossil snake from the Notostylops beds of Patagonia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 67:1-22 [J. Head/J. Head]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 61228: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Jason Head on 31.05.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Madtsoia bai n. gen. n. sp.
Madtsoia bai n. gen. n. sp. Simpson 1933 snake |