†Nidophis insularis Vasile et al. 2013 (snake)
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Reptilia - Squamata - Madtsoiidae
Full reference: S. Vasile, Z. Csiki-Sava, and M. Venczel. 2013. A new madtsoiid snake from the Upper Cretaceous of the Haţeg Basin, Western Romania. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(5):1100-1119
Belongs to Nidophis according to S. Vasile et al. 2013
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: LPB (FGGUB) v.547/1, a set of vertebrae (Mid-trunk vertebra). Its type locality is Tuştea-Oltoane nesting site, which is in a Maastrichtian dry floodplain claystone/marl in the Densuş-Ciula Formation of Romania.
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Romania (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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