Dinilysia

Smaller than a Microraptor!

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Dinilysia
Name	Dinilysia
Order	Dinilysiidae
Class	Reptilia
Period	Late Cretaceous (89-86 mya)
Location	South America
Diet	Carnivore
Size	6-10 Feet

Dinilysia is an extinct genus of snake from the Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) of South America. It comes from the family Diniysiidae.

In popular culture

• The Dinilysia was seen in Walking with Dinosaurs, where it was live acted by a boa constrictor “also called the red-tailed boa or the common boa” named Tony.

• A Dinilysia was going to appear in The Land Before Time, but it was cut in the storyboard stage.

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