Biology:Mionatrix

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Short description: Extinct genus of snakes

Mionatrix
Temporal range: Miocene
Mionatrix-Paleozoological Museum of China.jpg
Holotype, Paleozoological Museum of China
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Mionatrix
Sun, 1961
Species

Mionatrix diatomus Sun 1966

Mionatrix is an extinct genus of Colubrid snake that lived during the Miocene. Fossils have been found in Linqu, Shandong province, China . The type species is M. diatomus, the fossils of which are preserved in the Paleozoological Museum of China.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q25106464 entry