Reptilia - Squamata - Palaeophiidae
Synonym: Moeriophis Andrews 1901
Full reference: F. A. Lucas. 1898. A new snake from the Eocene of Alabama. United States National Museum Proceedings 21(1164):637-638
Parent taxon: Palaeophiidae according to G. L. Georgalis 2023
See also Andrews 1906, Carroll 1988, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Head et al. 2005, Holman et al. 1991, Kristensen et al. 2012, Kuhn 1966, Lucas 1898, McCartney and Seiffert 2016, Parmley and Reed 2003, Rage et al. 2003, Rage et al. 2008, Sepkoski 2002, Thurmond and Jones 1981 and Westgate and Ward 1981
Sister taxa: Archaeophiinae, Palaeopheinae, Palaeophiinae, Palaeophis
Subtaxa: Pterosphenus biswasi Pterosphenus kutchensis Pterosphenus muruntau Pterosphenus schucherti Pterosphenus schweinfurthi Pterosphenus sheppardi
Type: Pterosphenus schucherti
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Angola (1 collection), Ecuador (1), Egypt (3), India (3), Libya (1), Myanmar (1), Nigeria (1), Pakistan (1), United States (17: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas), Uzbekistan (1), Western Sahara (2)
• Paleocene of United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 33 collections including 38 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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