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Extinct genus of snakes

Archaeophis
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Palaeophiidae
Genus: Archaeophis
Massalongo, 1859
Species: A. proavus
Binomial name
Archaeophis proavus
Massalongo, 1859

Archaeophis is an extinct genus of snake from the Eocene of Monte Bolca.

References

  • Recent Vertebrate Carcasses and Their Paleobiological Implications by Johannes Weigelt and Judith Schaefer (page 88)
Fossil snakes
Genera with hindlimbs and a sacrum
Simoliophiidae
Madtsoiidae
Dinilysiidae
Boidae
Pythonidae
Palaeophiidae
Viperidae
Elapidae
Psammophiidae
Taxon identifiers
Archaeophis


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