Reptilia - Squamata - Elapidae
Synonym: Palaeonaja Hoffstetter 1939
Parent taxon: Elapidae according to B. Hugues-Alexandre et al. 2013
See also Bachmayer and Szyndlar 1985, Bachmayer and Szyndlar 1987, Carroll 1988, Frank and Ramus 1996, Szyndlar 1985 and Szyndlar and Rage 1990
Sister taxa: Austrelaps, Calliophis, Chitulia, Disteira, Disteiramecdup, Elaps, Hydrophiinae, Laticaudinae, Leioselasma, Micrurus, Najinae, Notechis, Polyodontognathus, Protropidonotus, Protropidonotus neglectus, Pseudechis, Sinomicrurus, Xenodermus
Subtaxa: Naja antiqua Naja austriaca Naja iberica Naja naja Naja romani
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (1 collection), the Philippines (1), Tanzania (1)
• Pliocene of France (1), Greece (1), Spain (1), Tanzania (2), Turkey (1)
• Miocene of Austria (3), France (3), Germany (5), Greece (2), Hungary (1), Moldova (1), Morocco (2), Namibia (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (6), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1)
Total: 36 collections including 40 occurrences
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