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Palaeophiidae
Palaeophiidae is an extinct family of Marine biology, marine snake within the infraorder Alethinophidia. Species within this family lived from the Cretaceous, Late Cretaceous to the Eocene, Late Eocene, approximately from 70.6 to 33.9 million years ago.Palaeophiidae at Fossilworks.org Phylogenetic analysis has proposed them as being related to the extant Acrochordus, file snakes (family Acrochordidae), although these results have been disputed since and new analysis show this relationship as poorly supported. Subfamilies and genera * Archaeophiinae Rage et al. 2003 ** ''Archaeophis'' Massalongo 1859 * Palaeopheinae Lydekker, 1888 ** ''Palaeophis'' Owen 1841 ** ''Pterosphenus'' Lucas 1898 Re ...
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Palaeophis
''Palaeophis'' ('ancient snake') is an extinct genus of marine snake that is the type genus of the extinct snake family Palaeophiidae. Described species within this genus lived in the Eocene epoch, with some unnamed or questionable records from Cenomanian and Maastrichtian. Fossils of species within this genus have been found in England, France, Denmark, Morocco and Mali. Remains have also been found in North America, including Maryland and Virginia (from the early Eocene Nanjemoy Formation),Blake, S. F. "Note on a vertebra of Palaeophis from the Eocene of Maryland." Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 31.12 (1941): 501-503. GeorgiaParmley, Dennis, and Harold W. Reed. "Size and age class estimates of North American Eocene palaeopheid snakes." Georgia Journal of Science 61.4 (2003): 220. and Mississippi.Holman, J. Alan. "Palaeophis casei, new species, a tiny palaeophid snake from the early Eocene of Mississippi." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 2.2 (1982): 163-166. De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
