Madtsoia Simpson 1933 (snake)

Reptilia - Squamata - Madtsoiidae

Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1933. A new fossil snake from the Notostylops beds of Patagonia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 67:1-22

Parent taxon: Madtsoiidae according to J. P. Rio and P. D. Mannion 2017

See also Averianov et al. 2003, Carroll 1988, Hoffstetter 1959, Hoffstetter 1961, LaDuke et al. 2010, Mohabey et al. 2011, Scanlon 2005 and Simpson 1933

Sister taxa: Adinophis, Alamitophis, Eomadtsoia, Gigantophis, Herensugea, Menarana, Nanowana, Nidophis, Patagoniophis, Platyspondylophis, Powellophis, Rionegrophis, Wonambi, Yurlunggur

Subtaxa: Madtsoia bai Madtsoia camposi Madtsoia madagascariensis Madtsoia pisdurensis

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Deseadan of Argentina (1 collection)

• Eocene of Argentina (3), Australia (1)

• Paleocene to Eocene of Brazil (1)

• Paleocene of Argentina (1)

• Cretaceous of India (2), Madagascar (14), Niger (1)

Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence

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