Neonatrix magna Holman 1982 (colubrid snake)

Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae

Full reference: J. A. Holman. 1982. New herpetological species and records from the Norden Bridge fauna (Miocene: Late Barstovian) of Nebraska. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 10:31-36

Belongs to Neonatrix according to D. Parmley and J. A. Holman 1995

See also Holman 1982

Sister taxa: Neonatrix crassa, Neonatrix elongata, Neonatrix europaea, Neonatrix infera, Neonatrix nova

Type specimen: MSUVP 943, a set of vertebrae (trunk vertebra). Its type locality is Norden Bridge Quarry, which is in a Barstovian channel sandstone in the Valentine Formation of Nebraska.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: Nebraska collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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