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Simoliophiidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian, 99.6–93.5 Ma

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Fossil of Eupodophis descouensi from the Museo di Storia Naturale, Milano
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Infraorder: Alethinophidia
Family: †Simoliophiidae
Nopsca, 1925
Genera
Synonyms
  • Pachyophidae Nopcsa, 1923
  • Pachyophiidae (Nopcsa, 1923)
  • Pachyrhachidae Haas, 1979

Simoliophiidae is an extinct family of limbed Tethyan marine snakes of the order Squamata.[1][2][3] The name Pachyophiidae has also been used for this group,[2][3] but Simoliophiidae has priority.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hsiang, Allison Y; Field, Daniel J; Webster, Timothy H; Behlke, Adam DB; Davis, Matthew B; Racicot, Rachel A; Gauthier, Jacques A (20 May 2015). "The origin of snakes: revealing the ecology, behavior, and evolutionary history of early snakes using genomics, phenomics, and the fossil record". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15 (1): 87. doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0358-5. PMC 4438441. PMID 25989795.
  • ^ a b The Paleobiology Database Pachyophiidae entry
  • ^ a b Lee, M. S. Y.; Caldwell, M. W.; Scanlon, J. D. (1999). "A second primitive marine snake: Pachyophis woodwardi from the Cretaceous of Bosnia-Herzegovina". Journal of Zoology, London. 248 (4): 509–520. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1999.tb01050.x.


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