Australophis Gómez et al. 2008 (southern snake)

Reptilia - Squamata - Aniliidae

Full reference: R. O. Gómez, A. M. Báez, and G. W. Rougier. 2008. An anilioid snake from the Upper Cretaceous of northern Patagonia. Cretaceous Research 29:481-488

Parent taxon: Aniliidae according to J. J. Head 2020

See also Gómez et al. 2008

Sister taxon: Borealilysia

Subtaxa: Australophis anilioides

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Type: Australophis anilioides

Ecology: fossorial carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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