Palaeophiidae

Palaeophiidae Temporal range: Cretaceous - Eocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

Fossil vertebrae of Palaeophis maghrebianus from Khouribga (Morocco)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Infraorder:	Booidea
Superfamily:	Alethinophidia
Family:	Palaeophiidae Lydekker 1888

Palaeophiidae is an extinct family of marine snake belonging to the superfamily Alethinophidia.

Species within this genus lived from the Cretaceous period to the Eocene epoch, approximately from 99.7 to 33.9 million years ago.^[1] ^[1]

Subfamilies and genera

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Fossil snakes

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Squamata

Genera with hindlimbs and a sacrum	Najash

Genera with hindlimbs only	Eupodophis Haasiophis Pachyrhachis

Madtsoiidae	Alamitophis Gigantophis Madtsoia Sanajeh Wonambi Yurlunggur

Dinilysiidae	Dinilysia

Palaeophiidae	Palaeophis Archaeophis

Boidae	Titanoboa Boavus

Snake List of snakes List of Serpentes families Category:Cretaceous snakes

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