Cerberophis

Name: Cerberophis.
Phonetic: Ser-ber-oh-fiss.
Named By: N.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Longrich,‭ ‬B.‭ ‬-A.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Bhullar‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Gauthier‭ ‬-‭ ‬2013.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Opihidia,‭ ‬Serpentes,‭ ‬Alethinophidia.
Species: C.‭ ‬robustus‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: USA,‭ ‬Montana‭ ‬-‭ ‬Hell Creek Formation.
Time period: Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Unavailable.

       Not a lot of information is available about this snake,‭ ‬but aside from dinosaurs,‭ ‬it would have shared its habitat with other reptiles such as lizards like Obamadon,‭ ‬Leptochamops and Palaeosaniwa.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Mass extinction of lizards and snakes at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary,‭ ‬Nicholas R.‭ ‬Longrich,‭ ‬Bhart-Anjan S.‭ ‬Bhullar‭ & ‬Jacques A.‭ ‬Gauthier‭ ‬-‭ ‬2013.



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