Seismophis

Name: Seismophis.
Phonetic: Size-mo-fiss.
Named By: A.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Hsiou,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Albino,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Medeiros‭ & ‬R.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Santos‭ ‬-‭ ‬2013.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Serpentes.
Species: S.‭ ‬septentrionalis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unknown due to lack of fossil remains.
Known locations: Brazil‭ ‬-‭ ‬Alcāntara Formation.
Time period: Cenomanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Vertebrae.

       Seismophis is a genus of snake that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous.

Further reading
-‭ ‬The oldest Brazilian snakes from the early Late Cretaceous‭ (‬Cenomanian‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.‭ ‬-‭ ‬A.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Hsiou,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Albino,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Medeiros‭ & ‬R.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Santos‭ ‬-‭ ‬2013.

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