Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae

LSID: zoobank.org/66C2F8A3-9542-4F20-80AD-F584C4A3A7F8

Etymology. From the Greek word (mikros), meaning small, tiny, in reference to the rather small vertebral size of this snake species.

Full reference: G. L. Georgalis, A. Villa, M. Ivanov, D. Vasilyan, and M. Delfino. 2019. Fossil amphibians and reptiles from the Neogene locality of Maramena (Greece), the most diverse European herpetofauna at the Miocene/Pliocene transition boundary. Palaeontologia Electronica 22.3.68:1-99

Belongs to Periergophis according to G. L. Georgalis et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UU MAA 7615, a set of vertebrae (posterior trunk vertebra). Its type locality is Maramena, which is in a Turolian alluvial fan conglomerate/marl in the Lefkon Formation of Greece.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Maramena

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