Kelyophis
Name: Kelyophis
(small serpent).
Phonetic: Kel-e-of-iss.
Named By: T. C. Laduke, D. W. Krause,
J. D. Scanlon & N. J. Kley - 2010.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Serpentes,
Alethinophidia, Nigerophiidae.
Species: K. hechti (type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Uncertain.
Known locations: Madagascar - Maevarano
Formation.
Time period: Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains including
vertebrae.
Kelyophis is a genus of snake that lived in Madagascar during the Late Cretaceous.
Further reading
- A Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) snake assemblage from the
Maevarano Formation, Mahajanga Basin, Madagascar. - Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology 30 (1): 109–138. - T. C.
Laduke, D. W. Krause, J. D. Scanlon & N. J.
Kley - 2010.
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