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Alamitophis

Description

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).


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4820465https://www.gbif.org/species/4820465
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)53177https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=53177
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Madtsoiidae : Alamitophis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Madtsoiidae : Alamitophis
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Lepidosauromorpha
superorderLepidosauria
orderSquamataOppel 1811
suborderOphidia
-Serpentes
familyMadtsoiidae
genusAlamitophisAlbino 1986
Scientific NameAlamitophis Albino, 1986
Name Published InIn: Anon 4 congreso Argentino de paleontologia y bioestratigrafia: Mendoza, Noviembre 23-27, 1986. Actas 2. 1986. Publisher not given, Mendoza
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Alamitophisgenusbelongs to Madtsoiinaestated with evidenceAlbino, 1986
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance83.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Diapsida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. M. Albino. 1986. Nuevos Boidae Madtsoiinae en el Cretácico Tardio de Patagonia (Formación Los Alamitos, Río Negro, Argentina) [New Madtsoiinae Boinae in the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia (Los Alamitos Formation, Río Negro, Argentina)]. Actas del IV Congreso Argentino de Paleontología y Bioestratigrafía, Mendoza 2:15-21
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamitophis

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Alamitophis argentinus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
283.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Alamitophis elongatus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
183.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Alamitophis tingamarra
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
156.0 Ma
Paleocene
56.0 Ma
Paleocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1986Alamitophis Albino p. 16
2000Alamitophis Albino
2017Alamitophis Rio and Mannion

References

Albino A. M. (1986) Nuevos Boidae Madtsoiinae en el Cretácico Tardio de Patagonia (Formación Los Alamitos, Río Negro, Argentina) [New Madtsoiinae Boinae in the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia (Los Alamitos Formation, Río Negro, Argentina)], Actas del IV Congreso Argentino de Paleontología y Bioestratigrafía, Mendoza 2, 15-21
Albino A. M. (2000) New record of snakes from the Cretaceous of Patagonia (Argentina), Geodiversitas 22 2, 247-253
Rio J. P., Mannion P. D. (2017) The osteology of the giant snake Gigantophis garstini from the upper Eocene of North Africa and its bearing on the phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of Madtsoiidae, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37 4, e1347179:1-20 doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1347179
Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
In: Anon 4 congreso Argentino de paleontologia y bioestratigrafia: Mendoza, Noviembre 23-27, 1986. Actas 2. 1986. Publisher not given, Mendoza - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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