Extinct genus of snakes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mionatrix is an extinct genus of Colubrid snake that lived during the Miocene. Fossils have been found in Linqu, Shandong province, People's Republic of China. The type species is M. diatomus, the fossils of which are preserved in the Paleozoological Museum of China.
Mionatrix Temporal range: Miocene | |
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Holotype, Paleozoological Museum of China | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | †Mionatrix Sun, 1961 |
Species | |
Mionatrix diatomus Sun 1966 |
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