Xiaophis

{{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = Cenomanian | taxon = Xiaophis | authority = Xing et. al., 2018 }}

'''''Xiaophis''''' is an extinct genus of snake from the Cenomanian-aged Burmese amber deposits of Myanmar. It is known from a single species, ''X. myanmarensis'', and is notable for being described from embryonic or neonatal remains.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Xing |first1=Lida |last2=Caldwell |first2=Michael W. |last3=Chen |first3=Rui |last4=Nydam |first4=Randall L. |last5=Palci |first5=Alessandro |last6=Simões |first6=Tiago R. |last7=McKellar |first7=Ryan C. |last8=Lee |first8=Michael S. Y. |last9=Liu |first9=Ye |last10=Shi |first10=Hongliang |last11=Wang |first11=Kuan |last12=Bai |first12=Ming |date=6 July 2018 |title=A mid-Cretaceous embryonic-to-neonate snake in amber from Myanmar |journal=Science Advances |language=en |volume=4 |issue=7 |article-number=eaat5042 |doi=10.1126/sciadv.aat5042 |issn=2375-2548 |pmc=6051735 |pmid=30035227 |bibcode=2018SciA....4.5042X }}</ref>

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Category:Prehistoric snakes