Simoliophiidae

Simoliophiidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian, 99.6–93.5 Ma
Scientific classification
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

  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). doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0358-5.
  2. 1 2 The Paleobiology Database Pachyophiidae entry
  3. 1 2 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)509-520


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