Colombophis
Name:
Colombophis (Colombia snake).
Phonetic: Col-om-off-iss.
Named By: Hoffstetter & Rage - 1977.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Aquamata,
Serpentes, Alethinophidia, Aniliidae.
Species: C. portai (type),
C. spinosus.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Studies of the vertebrae suggest a total
length of about 1.77 meters.
Known locations: Brazil - Solimoes Formation.
Venezuela - Socorro Formation.
Time period: Tortonian of the Miocene.
Fossil representation: Mostly known from vertebrae
from a few individuals.
Colombophis is a genus of snake that lived in South America during the Miocene.
Further reading
- Le gisement de vert�br�s mioc�nes de La Venta (Colombie) et sa faune
de serpents. - Annales de Pal�ontologie (Vert�br�s) 63: 161–190. - R.
Hoffstetter & J. C. Rage - 1977.
- Reappraisal of the South American Miocene snakes of the genus
Colombophis, with description of a new species. - Acta
Palaeontologica Polonica 55(3):365-379. - A. S. Hsiou,
A. M. Albino & J. Ferigolo - 2010.
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