†family Anomalophidae Auffenberg 1959 (snake)
Reptilia - Squamata - Anomalophidae
Alternative spelling: Anomalophiidae
Full reference: W. Auffenberg. 1959. Anomalophis bolcensis (Massalongo), a new genus of fossil snake from the Italian Eocene. Breviora 114:1-16
Parent taxon: Booidea according to O. W. M. Kuhn 1966
See also Carroll 1988 and Werner and Rage 1994
Sister taxa: Archaeophidae, Boavus, Boidae, Conantophis, Eoanilius, Eoconstrictor, Michauxophis, Rageryx, Ungaliophiidae
Subtaxa: Anomalophis
Type: Anomalophis
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at Monte Bolca (Canossa collection) (Eocene of Italy)