Palaeonatrix lehmani Rage and Roček 1983 (colubrid snake)

Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae

Alternative combination: Dolniceophis lehmani

Full reference: J.-C. Rage and Z. Roček. 1983. Dolniceophis lehmani (Serpentes, Colubridae), a new fossil snake from the Lower Miocene of Czechoslovakia. Časopis pro mineralogii a geologii 28(1):17-22

Belongs to Palaeonatrix according to Z. Szyndlar 1987

See also Rage 1984 and Rage and Roček 1983

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: DP-FNSP 3930, a set of vertebrae (single trunk vertebra). Its type locality is Dolnice 1, which is in a MN 4 fluvial-lacustrine siltstone in the Czech Republic.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of the Czech Republic (2 collections), France (2), Germany (1)

Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences

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