Cañadón Vaca (Madtsoia bai holotype locality, Notostylops Beds) (Eocene of Argentina)

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

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Madtsoiidae
Madtsoia bai n. gen. n. sp.
Madtsoia bai n. gen. n. sp. Simpson 1933 snake