Kataria anisodonta 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

Belongs to Kataria according to A. Scanferla et al. 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MHNC 13323, a partial skull (articulated incomplete skull). Its type locality is Tiupampa site 1, the “quarry”, which is in a Danian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Lucía Formation of Bolivia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Tiupampa site 1, the “quarry”

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