†family Nigerophiidae Rage 1975 (snake)
Reptilia - Squamata - Nigerophiidae
Full reference: J.-C. Rage. 1975. Un serpent du Paléocène du Niger. Etude préliminaire sur l’origine des Caenophidians (Reptilia, Serpentes). Comptes Rendus à l’ Académie des Sciences, Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes 281(9):515-518
Parent taxon: Acrochordoidea according to J.-C. Rage and C. Werner 1999
Sister taxon: Nigeropheidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Kazakhstan (1 collection)
• Paleocene of Mali (1)
• Cretaceous of India (3), Madagascar (4), Morocco (1), Sudan (2)
Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences