Biology:Nidophis
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Short description: Extinct genus of reptile
Nidophis | |
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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
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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.
Template:Fossil snakes Wikidata ☰ Q21235304 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nidophis.
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