Biology:Nidophis
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Short description: Extinct genus of reptile
| Nidophis | |
|---|---|
| Nidophis insularis vertebrae (scale bar 1 mm) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | †Madtsoiidae |
| Genus: | †Nidophis Vasile et al., 2013 |
| Species: | †N. insularis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Nidophis insularis Vasile et al., 2013
| |
Nidophis is an extinct genus of Madtsoiid snake that inhabited on Hațeg island in what is now Romania.[1][2][3] It was a small snake measuring 1 metre (3.3 ft) long.[4]
References
- ↑ "Mindat.org". https://www.mindat.org/taxon-8443435.html.
- ↑ , Wikidata Q29997837
- ↑ "Nidophis". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/8443435.
- ↑ Venczel, Márton; Vasile, Ştefan; Csiki-Sava, Zoltán (2015). "A Late Cretaceous madtsoiid snake from Romania associated with a megaloolithid egg nest – Paleoecological inferences". Cretaceous Research 55: 152–163. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.02.009.
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