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Madtsoiidae is an extinct family of mostly Gondwanan snakes with a fossil record extending from early Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) to late Pleistocene strata located in South America, Africa, India, Australia and Southern Europe. Madtsoiidae include very primitive snakes, which like extant boas and pythons would likely dispatch their prey by ...
In a phylogenetic analyses, Vasuki is recovered as a member of the extinct snake clade Madtsoiidae as the sister taxon to the clade formed by Madtsoia pisdurensis (Late Cretaceous India) and Gigantophis garstini (Late Eocene North Africa). It is a member of a lineage of medium–large bodied madtsoiids, which is in turn the sister taxon to a ...
Madtsoia is an extinct genus of madtsoiid snakes.It is known from the Eocene of Argentina (M. bai), [1] the Paleocene of Brazil (M. camposi), [2] the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of India (M. pisdurensis), [1] and the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Madagascar (M. madagascariensis). [3]
Vasuki was a member of the Madtsoiidae snake family that appeared roughly 90 million years ago but went extinct about 12,000 years ago. These snakes spread from India through southern Eurasia and ...
Yurlunggur is a genus of fossil snake in the extinct family Madtsoiidae containing the species Yurlunggur camfieldensis known from the Oligocene and Miocene of Australia. [1] [2]Y. camfieldensis was a large apex predator that typically reached 4.5–6 m (15–20 ft) in length, with one vertebra from the Wyandotte Creek suggesting a maximum length of 7–8 m (23–26 ft).
Wonambi naracoortensis lived during the Pleistocene, living in relatively cool and arid regions of Australia. [4] It is believed they would have dwelt in natural sun-traps beside local waterholes, where they would ambush kangaroo, wallaby and other prey coming to the water to drink.
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. Its length is estimated at 80 centimetres (2.6 ft) and it probably fed on frogs, lizards, and small mammals.
Powellophis is a genus of extinct Madtsoiid snake from the Mealla Formation of Argentina, dating back to the Paleocene.It is a monospecific genus, with the only species being P. andina.