Pachyophiidae

Pachyophiidae Temporal range: 99.6–93.5 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Late Cretaceous^[1]

Fossil specimen of Pachyophis woodwardi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Clade:	Ophidia
Family:	†Pachyophiidae Nopcsa, 1923^[2]
Genera
see text
Synonyms
Pachyophidae Pachyrhachidae

Pachyophiidae is an extinct family of snakes which lived during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous.^[1]^[3]

Taxonomy

1 2 The Paleobiology Database Pachyophiidae entry
↑ Nopcsa, F. 1923. "Eidolosaurus und Pachyophis, Zwei neue Neocom-Reptilien". Palaeontographica (55)97-154
↑ 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

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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