Reptilia - Squamata - Pachyophidae

Full reference: S. J. Bolkay. 1925. Mesophis nopcsai n. g., n. sp.; ein neues schlangenähnliches Reptil aus der unteren Kreide (Neocom) von Bilek-Selista (Ost-Hercegovina). [Mesophis nopcsai n. g., n. sp.; a new snakelike reptile from the Lower Cretaceous (Neocomian) of Bilek-Selista (East Hercegovina)]. Glasnika Zemaljskog Museja u Bosni i Hercegovini 37:125-136

Parent taxon: Pachyophiidae according to M. S. Y. Lee et al. 1999

See also Carroll 1988 and Rage 1984

Sister taxa: Eupodophis, Pachyophis

Subtaxa: Mesophis nopcsai

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Selista (Cretaceous of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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