Alamitophis
{{Short description|Extinct genus of snakes}}
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| fossil_range = Maastrichtian-Early Eocene
~{{fossil range|70.6|48.6}}
| taxon = Alamitophis
| authority = Albino 1986
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
- A. argentinus {{small|Albino 1986 (type)}}
- A. elongatus {{small|Albino 1994}}
- A. tingamarra {{small|Scanlon 2005}}
| type_species = Alamitophis argentinus
| type_species_authority = Albino 1986
}}
Alamitophis is a genus of fossil snakes in the extinct family of Madtsoiidae. Its length is estimated at {{convert|80|cm|ft}} and it probably fed on frogs, lizards, and small mammals. It is found in Australia (Tingamarra Fauna, after which A. tingamarra is named) and Argentina (Allen, La Colonia and Los Alamitos Formations, after which the genus is named).[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=53177 Alamitophis] at Fossilworks.org
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Category:Maastrichtian genus first appearances
Category:Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary
Category:Paleogene reptiles of Australia
Category:Late Cretaceous reptiles of South America
Category:Cañadón Asfalto Basin
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1986
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