Palaeophiidae

Palaeophiidae is an extinct family of marine snake within the infraorder Alethinophidia.

Palaeophiidae
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous-Late Eocene
~70.6โ€“33.9 Ma
Fossil vertebrae of Palaeophis maghrebianus from Khouribga (Morocco)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Infraorder: Alethinophidia
Family: โ€ Palaeophiidae
Lydekker 1888

Species within this family lived from the Late Cretaceous to the Late Eocene, approximately from 70.6 to 33.9 million years ago.[1]

Subfamilies and genera

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