Amananulam
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| Illustration of Amananula sanogoi (above) and Nigerophis sp. (below) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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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| †Amananulam sanogoi McCartney et al., 2018
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Amananulam is an extinct genus of nigerophiid snake that lived during the Palaeogene period. It is monotypic, containing the single species Amananulam sanogoi.
Distribution
[edit]Amananulam 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.
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