Alamitophis argentinus Albino 1986 (snake)

Reptilia - Squamata - Madtsoiidae

Full reference: A. M. Albino. 1986. Nuevos Boidae Madtsoiinae en el Cretácico Tardio de Patagonia (Formación Los Alamitos, Río Negro, Argentina) [New Madtsoiinae Boinae in the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia (Los Alamitos Formation, Río Negro, Argentina)]. Actas del IV Congreso Argentino de Paleontología y Bioestratigrafía, Mendoza 2:15-21

Belongs to Alamitophis according to A. M. Albino 2000

See also Albino 1986 and Martinelli and Forasiepi 2004

Sister taxa: Alamitophis elongatus, Alamitophis tingamarra

Type specimen: MACN-RN 27, a set of vertebrae (median trunk vertebra). Its type locality is Los Alamitos vertebrates, middle section, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian lacustrine - large siltstone/sandstone in the Los Alamitos Formation of Argentina.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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