Alamitophis

Alamitophis is a genus of fossil snakes in the extinct family of Madtsoiidae. Its length is estimated at 80 centimetres (2.6 ft) and it probably fed on frogs, lizards, and small mammals. It is found in Australia (Tingamarra Fauna, after which A. tingamarra is named) and Argentina (Allen, La Colonia and Los Alamitos Formations, after which the genus is named).[1]

Alamitophis
Temporal range: Maastrichtian-Early Eocene
~70.6–48.6 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: †Madtsoiidae
Genus: †Alamitophis
Albino 1986
Type species
Alamitophis argentinus
Albino 1986
Species
  • A. argentinus Albino 1986 (type)
  • A. elongatus Albino 1994
  • A. tingamarra Scanlon 2005

References
  1. Alamitophis at Fossilworks.org


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