Reptilia - Squamata - Palaeophiidae

Full reference: A. de Zigno. 1881. Nuove aggiunte alla fauna Eocena del Veneto. Memorie del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti 21:775-790

Belongs to Palaeophis according to G. L. Georgalis et al. 2020

See also de Zigno 1881

Sister taxa: Palaeophis africanus, Palaeophis casei, Palaeophis colossaeus, Palaeophis ferganicus, Palaeophis giganteus, Palaeophis grandis, Palaeophis halidanus, Palaeophis littoralis, Palaeophis longus, Palaeophis maghrebianus, Palaeophis nessovi, Palaeophis porcatus, Palaeophis tamdy, Palaeophis toliapicus, Palaeophis typhaeus, Palaeophis vastaniensis, Palaeophis virginianus, Paleophis virginianus, Vialovophis zhylan, Nessovophis zhylga

Type specimen: MGP-PD 6981Z, a set of vertebrae (anterior trunk vertebra). Its type locality is Monte Duello, which is in a Bartonian marine limestone in the Orizzonte di Roncà Formation of Italy.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Monte Duello

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