Eophis

Eophis is an early genus of stem-snake (clade Ophidia)[1] containing one species, Eophis underwoodi, from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) from the Forest Marble Formation of United Kingdom. It is known from a fragmentary dentary from Kirtlington Quarry. It was previously interpreted as an anguimorph lizard. The placement of Eophis as a stem snake was re-affirmed by subsequent analyses.[2]

Eophis
Temporal range: Bathonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Clade: Ophidia
Genus: Eophis
Caldwell et al. 2015
Type species
Eophis underwoodi
Caldwell et al. 2015

Phylogeny

Cladogram based in the phylogenetic analysis by Caldwell et al. (2015):[1]

Ophidia

Portugalophis

Parviraptor

 

Eophis

Unnamed sp.

Diablophis

Dinilysia

Madtsoiidae

Najash

Coniophis

Serpentes (Modern snakes)

See also

References


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