†family Nigeropheidae Rage 1975 (snake)

Reptilia - Squamata - Nigeropheidae

Full reference: J.-C. Rage. 1975. Un serpent du Paléocène du Niger. Etude préliminaire sur l’origine des Caenophidians (Reptilia, Serpentes). Comptes Rendus à l’ Académie des Sciences, Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes 281(9):515-518

Parent taxon: Acrochordoidea according to R. L. Carroll 1988

See also Averianov 1997, Khajuria and Prasad 1998, Rage and Prasad 1992 and Rage and Werner 1999

Sister taxon: Nigerophiidae

Subtaxa: Nigerophis Woutersophis

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Type: Nigerophis

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of Belgium (8 collections)

• Paleocene of Niger (2)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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