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Alamitophis argentinus
Taxonomy
Alamitophis argentinus was named by Albino (1986). Its type specimen is MACN-RN 27, a set of vertebrae (median trunk vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. 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.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1986 | Alamitophis argentinus Albino p. 16 fig. 1 |
| 2000 | Alamitophis argentinus Albino |
| 2004 | Alamitophis argentinus Martinelli and Forasiepi p. 260 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Alamitophis argentinus Albino 1986
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. M. Albino 1986 | "Madtsoiinae con vértebras de pequeño tamaño, de centro vertebral relativeamente corto, angosto y no netamente triangular. Carena hemal gruesa definida por depresiones profundas. Zigósfeno delgado. Con foramen paracotylar y parazigantral." (pg. 16) |
Measurements
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| Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Alamitophis argentinus (type locality: 45087 49557) | |
| Maastrichtian | Argentina (Chubut) | Alamitophis argentinus (26749) |