Palaeophiidae
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| Fossil vertebrae of Palaeophis maghrebianus from Khouribga (Morocco) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Superfamily: | Acrochordoidea |
| Family: | †Palaeophiidae Lydekker 1888 |
Palaeophiidae is an extinct family of marine snake within the infraorder Alethinophidia.
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[]
- Rage et al. 2003
- Archaeophis Massalongo 1859
- 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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| Genera with hindlimbs and a sacrum | |
| Genera with hindlimbs only | |
| Madtsoiidae | |
| Palaeophiidae | |
| Boidae | |
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