Palaeophiidae

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

Palaeophiidae Temporal range: Late Cretaceous-Late Eocene ~70.6–33.9 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ 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:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Superfamily:	Acrochordoidea
Family:	†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] Phylogenetic evidence supports them being closely related to the extant file snakes (family Acrochordidae).[2]

Subfamilies and genera

• Archaeophiinae Rage et al. 2003
  • Archaeophis Massalongo 1859
• Palaeopheinae Lydekker, 1888
  • Palaeophis Owen 1841
  • Pterosphenus Lucas 1898

References

1. Palaeophiidae at Fossilworks.org
2. Snetkov, P. B. (2011-06-14). "Vertebrae of the sea snake Palaeophis nessovi Averianov (Acrochordoidea, Palaeophiidae) from the Eocene of western Kazakhstan and phylogenetic analysis of the superfamily Acrochordoidea". Paleontological Journal. 45 (3): 305–313. doi:10.1134/S0031030111030129. ISSN 1555-6174. S2CID 84595216.