Genus: Nidophis VASILE, CSIKI-SAVA & VENCZEL, 2013
Etymology: Latin, nidus, 'nest'; referring to the place or discovery of the holotype specime, close to a dinosaur nest, and Greek, ophis, 'serpent'; a commonly used suffix for snake taxon names.

N. insularis VASILE, CSIKI-SAVA & VENCZEL, 2013
Etymology: Latin, insularis; adjuective alluding ot hte probabl island occurence of the nex taxon.

Holotype: LPB (FGGUB) v.547/1

Locality: Tustea nesting site, Hateg Basin, Hunedoara County, Western Romania.

Horizon: Densus-Ciula Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Maastrichtian Stage, Upper Senonian Subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material: A well preserved truck vertebra.

Referred material:

LPB (FGGUB) v.547/2a-b: Anterior trunk vertebrae.

LPB (FGGUB) v.547/3-6: 2 articulated vertebrae.

LPB (FGGUB) v.547/7-20a-b: Mid-trunk vertebrae.

LPB (FGGUB) v.547/21-26: Posterior trunk vertebrae.

LPB (FGGUB) v.547/27, 28, 37-40 (vertebral fragments), 547/41: 12 incomplete trunk vertebral centra, possibly posterior ones).

LPB (FGGUB) v.547/42-46: Postclocal vertebrae.

LPB (FGGUB) v.547/47: Vertebral fragments (neural arches, zygosphenes, etc) not assigned to region.

LPB (FGGUB) v.547/48: Isolated zygapophyses selected to illustrtae seasonal growth rings (7 fragments).

LPB (FGGUB) v.547/49-50: Proximal ends of ribs.

LPB (FGGUB) v.547/51 Fragmentary ribs (40 mid-rib adn 39 proximal rib fragments.

Locality: Fantanele microvertebrate site, Valioara Village, Hateg Basin, Hunedoara County, Western Romania.

Horizon: 'Middle Member', Densus-Ciula Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Maastrichtian Stage, Upper Senonian Subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

LPB (FGGUB) v. 529: Poximal part of rib.

LPB (FGGUB) v. 788: Proximal part of rib.

LPB (FGGUB) v. 790: Proximal part of posterior rib.

LPB (FGGUB) v. 797: Vertebral fragment comparising the prezygapophysis and paradiaopophysis.

 

Locality: Site no. 1, Craguis Village, Hateg Basin, Hunedoara County, Western Romania.

Horizon: 'Upper Member', Densus-Ciula Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Maastrichtian Stage, Upper Senonian Subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

LPB (FGGUB) v. 803: A partial vertebra missing the zygantrum, the postzygapophyses, and teh left lobe of the zygosphene.