†Dryinoides oxyrhachis Auffenberg 1958 (colubrid snake)
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Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae
Full reference: W. Auffenberg. 1958. A new genus of colubrid snake from the upper Miocene of North America. American Museum Novitates 1874:1-16
Belongs to Dryinoides according to W. Auffenberg 1958
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: A.M.N.H. No. 7524, a skeleton (partly articulated skeleton with a fragmentary skull and 21 vertebrae). Its type locality is Madison Valley, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Madison Valley Formation of Montana.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Madison Valley
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