Madtsoia

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Madtsoia
Temporal range: Maastrichtian–Eocene
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Possible Coniacian/Santonian and Late Oligocene records
Madtsoia Holotype AMNH.jpg
Holotype of M. bai (AMNH 3154), American Museum of Natural History
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family:† Madtsoiidae
Genus:† Madtsoia
Simpson, 1933
Species
  • M. baiSimpson, 1933 (type)
  • M. camposiRage, 1998
  • M. madagascariensisHoffstetter, 1961
  • M. pisdurensisMohabey et al, 2011

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] The type species (M. bai) was the largest with an estimated length of 9–10 m (30–33 ft), [4] [5] and the other three species were smaller. [3] [2] [1] A 5.1 m (17 ft) long M. madagascariensis would have weighed 50 kg (110 lb), but an isolated specimen suggests that this species reached 8 m (26 ft) in maximum length. [3]

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Madtsoia length estimates
SpeciesLength
M. bai9–10 m (30–33 ft) [4] [5]
M. camposi5–6 m (16–20 ft) [2]
M. madagascariensis5.1–8 m (17–26 ft) [3]
M. pisdurensis5 m (16 ft) [1]

Distribution

Fossils of Madtsoia have been found in: [6]

Coniacian
Campanian
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Eocene

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Mohabey, D.M.; Head, J.J.; Wilson, J.A. (2011). "A new species of the snake Madtsoia from the Upper Cretaceous of India and its paleobiogeographic implications". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (3): 588–595. Bibcode:2011JVPal..31..588M. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.560220. S2CID   129792355.
  2. 1 2 3 Rage, J.C. (1998). "Fossil snakes from the Paleocene of São José de Itaboraí, Brazil. Part II. Boidae". Palaeovertebrata. 27 (3–4): 109–144. S2CID   59450531.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Thomas C. Laduke; David W. Krause; John D. Scanlon; Nathan J. Kley (2010). "A Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) snake assemblage from the Maevarano Formation, Mahajanga Basin, Madagascar". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (1): 109–138. Bibcode:2010JVPal..30..109L. doi: 10.1080/02724630903409188 .
  4. 1 2 Peter Wilf; N. Rubén Cúneo; Ignacio H. Escapa; Diego Pol; Michael O. Woodburne (2013). "Splendid and Seldom Isolated: The Paleobiogeography of Patagonia". Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 41: 561–603. Bibcode:2013AREPS..41..561W. doi:10.1146/annurev-earth-050212-124217. hdl: 11336/5383 .
  5. 1 2 Scanlon, John D. (2014). "3 – Giant terrestrial reptilian carnivores of Cenozoic Australia". In Glen, A.S.; Dickman, C.R. (eds.). Carnivores of Australia: Past, Present and Future. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 29–53. ISBN   9780643103108.
  6. ↑ Madtsoia at Fossilworks.org
  7. ↑ "Iraganaren berri". zientzia.eus (in Basque). 1 June 2007. Retrieved 23 November 2017.

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