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Mionatrix

Mionatrix is an extinct genus of Colubrid snake that lived during the Miocene. Fossils have been found in Linqu, Shandong province, People's Republic of China. The type species is M. diatomus, the fossils of which are preserved in the Paleozoological Museum of China.

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Mionatrix
Temporal range: Miocene
Holotype, Paleozoological Museum of China
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Mionatrix
Sun, 1961
Species

Mionatrix diatomus Sun 1966

Mionatrix is an extinct genus of Colubrid snake that lived during the Miocene. Fossils have been found in Linqu, Shandong province, People's Republic of China. The type species is M. diatomus, the fossils of which are preserved in the Paleozoological Museum of China.

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