Archaeophis Temporal range: Eocene | |
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Scientific 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 | |
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Genera with hindlimbs and a sacrum | |
Simoliophiidae | |
Madtsoiidae | |
Dinilysiidae | |
Boidae | |
Pythonidae | |
Palaeophiidae | |
Viperidae | |
Elapidae | |
Psammophiidae | |
Taxon identifiers | |
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Archaeophis |
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