Palaeophiidae
Palaeophiidae is an extinct family of marine snake within the infraorder Alethinophidia.
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| Fossil vertebrae of Palaeophis maghrebianus from Khouribga (Morocco) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Superfamily: | Acrochordoidea |
| Family: | †Palaeophiidae Lydekker 1888 |
Species within this family lived from the Late Cretaceous to the Late Eocene, approximately from 70.6 to 33.9 million years ago.[1] Phylogenetic evidence supports them being closely related to the extant file snakes (family Acrochordidae).[2]
Subfamilies and genera
- Archaeophiinae Rage et al. 2003
- Archaeophis Massalongo 1859
- Palaeopheinae Lydekker, 1888
- Palaeophis Owen 1841
- Pterosphenus Lucas 1898
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Palaeophiidae. |
- Palaeophiidae at Fossilworks.org
- Snetkov, P. B. (2011-06-14). "Vertebrae of the sea snake Palaeophis nessovi Averianov (Acrochordoidea, Palaeophiidae) from the Eocene of western Kazakhstan and phylogenetic analysis of the superfamily Acrochordoidea". Paleontological Journal. 45 (3): 305–313. doi:10.1134/S0031030111030129. ISSN 1555-6174. S2CID 84595216.
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