Najash Apestiguía and Zaher 2006 (snake)

Reptilia - Squamata

Full reference: S. Apestiguía and H. Zaher. 2006. A Cretaceous terrestrial snake with robust hindlimbs and a sacrum. Nature 440:1037-1040

Parent taxon: Ophidia according to A. Palci et al. 2013

See also Apestiguía and Zaher 2006, Longrich et al. 2012 and Wilson et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Amblycephalidiformia, Angiostomata, Asinea, Boaeformia, Colubriformia, Coniophidae, Haasiophis, Norisophis, Psammophidae, Sanajeh, Seismophis, Serpentes, Simoliophiidae, Solenoglypha, Tortricina

Subtaxa: Najash rionegrina

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Type: Najash rionegrina

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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