Indophis
| Indophis Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | †Nigerophiidae |
| Genus: | †Indophis Rage & Prasad, 1992[2] |
| Type species | |
| Indophis sahnii Rage & Prasad, 1992 | |
| Species | |
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Indophis (lit. 'Indian snake') is an extinct genus of nigerophiid snake.[1][2] The type species Indophis sahnii lived during Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) in what is now Intertrappean Beds of India.[2] The only other species, Indophis fanambinana, is known from the Maastrichtian Maevarano Formation in Mahajanga Basin, Madagascar.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "†Indophis Rage and Prasad 1992". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 7 September 2026.
- 1 2 3 Rage, J.C. & Prasad, G.V.R. (1992). "New snakes from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Naskal, India". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie. Abhandlungen. 187 (1): 83–97. doi:10.1127/njgpa/187/1992/83.
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