''Alamitophis'' is a genus of fossil

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s in the extinct family of

Madtsoiidae Madtsoiidae is an extinct family of mostly Gondwanan snakes with a fossil record extending from early Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) to late Pleistocene strata located in South America, Africa, India, Australia and Southern Europe. Madtsoiidae i ...

. Its length is estimated at and it probably fed on frogs, lizards, and small mammals. It is found in Australia (

Tingamarra Fauna The Tingamarra Fauna is associated with the early Eocene Murgon fossil site, and contains the earliest known non-flying eutherian, passerine, trionychidae turtles, mekosuchine crocodiles along with frogs, lungfish and teleost fish in Australia. The ...

, after which ''A. tingamarra'' is named) and

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( Allen,

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and

Los Alamitos Formation The Los Alamitos Formation is a geological formation of the North Patagonian Massif in Rio Negro Province, northwestern Patagonia, Argentina, whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous ( Late Campanian to Maastrichtian). Dinosaur remains are ...

s, after which the genus is named).''Alamitophis''
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Australia's Lost Kingdoms
Cretaceous snakes Eocene snakes Maastrichtian genus first appearances Ypresian extinctions Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary Paleogene reptiles of Australia Fossils of Australia Late Cretaceous reptiles of South America Cretaceous Argentina Fossils of Argentina Allen Formation Cañadón Asfalto Basin Fossil taxa described in 1986 {{snake-stub