Madtsoia

Madtsoia is a genus of madtsoiid snakes. It is known from the Eocene (Casamayoran and Itaboraian) of Argentina(M. bai), the Paleocene of Brazil (M. camposi), the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of Spain (M. laurasiae),[citation needed] the Late Cretaceous of India (M. pisdurensis),[1] and the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Madagascar and the Coniacian of Niger (M. madagascariensis). Recovered vertebrae of M. pisdurensis are 1.83 centimetres (0.72 in) long and 4.35 centimetres (1.71 in) tall) and pertain to a snake that was approximately 5 metres (16 ft) long.[1]