Nidophis

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Nidophis
Temporal range: Maastrichtian
File:Nidophis vertebrae.jpg
Nidophis insularis vertebrae (scale bar 1 mm)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Madtsoiidae
Genus: Nidophis
Vasile et al., 2013
Species:
N. insularis
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

  1. "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
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  3. "Nidophis". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  4. 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.