Micronatrix Parmley and Hunter 2010 (colubrid snake)

Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae

Full reference: D. Parmley and K. B. Hunter. 2010. Fossil snakes of the Clarendonian (late Miocene) Pratt Slide local fauna of Nebraska, with the description of a new natricine colubrid. Journal of Herpetology 44(4):526-543

Parent taxon: Natricinae according to D. Parmley and K. B. Hunter 2010

Sister taxa: Clonophis, Neonatrix, Nerodia, Paleonatrix, Regina, Rhabdophis, Seminatrix, Tropidoclonion, Virginia

Subtaxa: Micronatrix juliescottae

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Type: Micronatrix juliescottae

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pratt Quarry (Miocene of Nebraska)

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