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Alamitophis Temporal range: Maastrichtian-Early Eocene ~70.6–48.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	†Madtsoiidae
Genus:	†Alamitophis Albino 1986
Type species
Alamitophis argentinus Albino 1986
Species
A. argentinus Albino 1986 (type) A. elongatus Albino 1994 A. tingamarra Scanlon 2005

Alamitophis is a genus of fossil snakes in the extinct family of Madtsoiidae. Its length is estimated at 80 centimetres (2.6 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).

References

1. Alamitophis at Fossilworks.org

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• 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
• Los Alamitos Formation
• Allen Formation
• Cañadón Asfalto Basin
• Fossil taxa described in 1986
• Prehistoric reptile stubs
• Snake stubs