Reptilia - Squamata - Madtsoiidae
Full reference: A. M. Albino. 1986. Nuevos Boidae Madtsoiinae en el Cretácico Tardio de Patagonia (Formación Los Alamitos, Río Negro, Argentina) [New Madtsoiinae Boinae in the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia (Los Alamitos Formation, Río Negro, Argentina)]. Actas del IV Congreso Argentino de Paleontología y Bioestratigrafía, Mendoza 2:15-21
Belongs to Patagoniophis according to A. M. Albino 1986
See also Martinelli and Forasiepi 2004
Sister taxon: Patagoniophis australiensis
Type specimen: MACN-RN 33, a set of vertebrae (trunk vertebra, probably posterior). Its type locality is Los Alamitos vertebrates, middle section, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian lacustrine - large siltstone/sandstone in the Los Alamitos Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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