Indophis fanambinana Pritchard et al. 2014 (snake)

Reptilia - Squamata - Nigerophiidae

Full reference: A. C. Pritchard, J. A. McCartney, D. W. Krause and N. J. Kley. 2014. New snakes from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Maevarano Formation, Mahajanga Basin, Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(5):1080-1093

Belongs to Indophis according to A. C. Pritchard et al. 2014

Sister taxon: Indophis sahnii

Type specimen: UA 9942, a set of vertebrae (Posterior trunk vertebra). Its type locality is MAD10-24, Lac Kinkony, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Maevarano Formation of Madagascar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at MAD10-24, Lac Kinkony

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