†family Anomalophiidae Auffenberg 1959 (snake)

Reptilia - Squamata - Anomalophiidae

Alternative spellings: Anomalopheidae, Anomalophidae

Full reference: W. Auffenberg. 1959. Anomalophis bolcensis (Massalongo), a new genus of fossil snake from the Italian Eocene. Breviora 114:1-16

Parent taxon: Colubroidea according to C. Werner and J. -C. Rage 1994

See also Carroll 1988, Kuhn 1966 and Rage 1984

Sister taxa: Crotalidae, Elapidae, Headonophis, Lamprophiidae, Procerophis, Rhabdosomidae, Russellopheidae, Vectophis, Viperidae

Subtaxa: Anomalophis

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Monte Bolca (Canossa collection) (Eocene of Italy)

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