Amananulam is an extinct genus of nigerophiid snake that lived during the Palaeogene period. It is monotypic, containing the single species Amananulam sanogoi.
Amananulam Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | †Nigerophiidae |
Genus: | †Amananulam McCartney et al., 2018 |
Species: | †A. sanogoi
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Binomial name | |
†Amananulam sanogoi McCartney et al., 2018
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Distribution
editAmananulam sanogoi fossils are known from Mali, much of which was at the time submerged as part of the shallow Trans-Saharan Seaway.[1]
References
edit- ^ McCartney, Jacob; Roberts, Eric; Tapanila, Leif; O'Leary, Maureen (2018). "Large palaeophiid and nigerophiid snakes from Paleogene Trans-Saharan Seaway deposits of Mali". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 63 (2): 207–220. doi:10.4202/app.00442.2017. Retrieved 8 September 2024.