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Najash
Extinct genus of snakes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Najash is an extinct genus of basal snake from the Late Cretaceous Candeleros Formation of Patagonia.[1] Like a number of other Cretaceous and living snakes it retained hindlimbs, but Najash is unusual in having well-developed legs that extend outside the rib cage, and a pelvis connected to the spine.
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Najash | |
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Sacral region of the holotype of the “legged snake” Najash rionegrina | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Clade: | Ophidia |
Genus: | †Najash Apesteguía & Zaher, 2006 |
Type species | |
Najash rionegrina Apesteguía & Zaher, 2006 |
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