†Lapparentophis defrennei Hoffstetter 1959 (snake)
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Reptilia - Squamata - Lapparentopheidae
Full reference: R. Hoffstetter. 1959. Un Serpent terrestre dans le Crétacé inférieur du Sahara [A terrestrial snake in the Lower Cretaceous of the Sahara]. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 7e série 1:897-902
Belongs to Lapparentophis according to R. Hoffstetter 1959
Sister taxon: Lapparentophis ragei
Type specimen: Its type locality is gour south of In Akhamil, which is in a Berriasian/Cenomanian terrestrial claystone in the Continental Intercalaire Formation of Algeria
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at gour south of In Akhamil
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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