Kataria Scanferla et al. 2013 (snake)

Reptilia - Squamata

Full reference: A. Scanferla, H. Zaher, F. E. Novas, C. Muizon, and R. Cespedes. 2013. A New Snake Skull from the Paleocene of Bolivia Sheds Light on the Evolution of Macrostomatans. PLoS ONE 8(3):e57583

Parent taxon: Macrostomata according to A. Scanferla et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Amaru, Booidea, Loxocemus, Pachyrhachis, Podophis, Tropidophiidae, Xenopeltis

Subtaxa: Kataria anisodonta

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Type: Kataria anisodonta

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Tiupampa site 1, the “quarry” (Paleocene of Bolivia)

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