Madtsoia

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Madtsoia is an extinct genus of madtsoiid snakes. It is known from the Eocene of Argentina (M. bai), the Paleocene of Brazil (M. camposi), the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of India (M. pisdurensis), and the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Madagascar (M. madagascariensis). The type species (M. bai) was the largest with an estimated length of 9 - 10 m, and the other three species were smaller. A 5.1 m long M. madagascariensis would have weighed 50 kg, but an isolated specimen suggests that this species reached 8 m in maximum length.

Distribution

Fossils of Madtsoia have been found in:

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