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] The family was erected in 1923 by F. Nopcsa as "Pachyophiidae",^[2] which was corrected to the current name Pachyophiidae in 1999 by M. Lee et al.^[3]

Taxonomy

• Pachyophiidae
  • Haasiophis
    • Haasiophis terrasanctus
  • Mesophis
    • Mesophis nopcsai
  • Pachyophis
    • Pachyophis woodwardi
  • Pachyrhachis
    • Pachyrhachis problematicus
  • Simoliophis
    • Simoliophis libycus
    • Simoliophis rochebrunei

References

1. The Paleobiology Database Pachyophiidae entry
2. Nopcsa, F. 1923. "Eidolosaurus und Pachyophis, Zwei neue Neocom-Reptilien". Palaeontographica (55)97-154
3. 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