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