Menarana nosymena LaDuke et al. 2010 (snake)

Reptilia - Squamata - Madtsoiidae

Full reference: T. C. LaDuke, D. W. Krause, J. D. Scanlon and N. J. Kley. 2010. A Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) snake assemblage from the Maevarano Formation, Mahajanga Basin, Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(1):109-138

Belongs to Menarana according to S. Vasile et al. 2013

See also LaDuke et al. 2010

Sister taxon: Menarana laurasiae

Type specimen: University of Antananarivo 9684, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is MAD93-14 (SUNY), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Maevarano Formation of Madagascar.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Madagascar (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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